Engineers create ‘self-guided' bullet


Tech | 206901 hits | Feb 02 6:17 am | Posted by: Regina
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Projectile packed with electronics will be able to make 30 corrections per second in reaching a laser-directed point

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  1. by avatar QBall
    Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:47 pm
    Very cool, but I have to imagine each round is going to cost a few hundred bucks each (unless economies of scale kick in huge). Then again you shouldn't need more than one per kill if it actually works. I guess it'll make the art of sniping obsolete.

  2. by avatar raydan
    Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:12 pm
    Can you see me now?






    ...pulls trigger.

  3. by Regina Gold Member
    Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:14 pm
    :lol:

  4. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:47 pm
    I saw a similar test IIRC on 'Future Weapons'.

    Self guiding mortar round. They fired it 1/2 mile off target, over 10 miles or something and it still hit the target dead on.

    Very cool!

  5. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:34 pm
    There's never going to be a substitute for a shooter who knows his kit.

  6. by avatar Hyack
    Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:51 am
    Aside from the military, Sandia Labs said potential customers for the bullet could include law enforcement and recreational shooters.

    I don't know about those in Albuquerque, but I don't know of many here in Canada who shoot the Ma Deuce for recreational purposes, or for any other reasons either.



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