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2015-04-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Watch DARPA's Scary Self-Guided Bullets Swerve to Hit Moving Objects

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#2 From wikipedia'

The DARPA EXACTO program may face competition from Sandia National Laboratories for creating a guided sniper round. The DARPA EXACTO program uses different methods than Sandia's guided round. It relies on remote-guidance tied to the optics, which may be more reliable than Sandia's guidance method of needing to paint the target with a laser for their projectile to follow, which can be detected, diffused, or blocked. EXACTO models on existing .50 BMG ammunition and rifles instead of needing new hardware, which the Sandia guided dart would need. Although EXACTO is specifically focused on military applications, Sandia is seeking to make commercial sales of their guided sniper projectile.

It must use a laser to change the direction of the round inflight.

Posted by phil_b 2015-04-28 17:08|| 2015-04-28 17:08|| Front Page Top

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