US successfully tests self-steering bullets that can follow moving targets

[dixiegrrrrl]

Gulp!

The United States Department of Defense has carried out what it says is its most successful test yet of a bullet that can steer itself towards moving targets.
Experienced testers have used the technology to hit targets that were actively evading the shot, and even novices that were using the system for the first time were able to hit moving targets.
The project, which is known as Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance weapon, or Exacto, is being made for the American government’s military research agency, Darpa.
Technology in the bullet allows it to compensate for weather and wind, as well as the movement of people it is being fired at, and curve itself in the air as it heads towards its target. That should allow snipers to become much more accurate — even those that are not experienced at using the system, as was found in the tests in February.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/us-unveils-selfsteering-bullets-that-can-follow-moving-targets-10209985.html

[CincyDem]

1. Ohhhh - can't wait for this one to be surplussed out to local cops with limited training.

yeah - that'll be a good idea.

[Jefferson23]

2. Lockheed Martin and Teledyne Scientific....sigh. I have no words. n/t

[wingzeroday]

3. reminds me

Of this scene in The Fifth Element.

[VScott]

18. The always-efficient flamethrower...

my favorite.

[hifiguy]

4. If the military gets them,

they will trickle down to the kkkops in no time at all.

[Kelvin Mace]

5. Well, so much for what little chance

we had running away.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. What happens when someone fires into a crowd????

Guess the next invention with have to be a personal Iron Dome system.

[Politicalboi]

6. See, guns don't kill people

It's the bullets. Bad Bad Bullets.

[spanone]

7. the technology of killing shows no end.

[Octafish]

8. That bullet really would have someone's name on it.

Probably someone who doesn't carry a gun. Now, who does that sound like?

[Hoyt]

10. The gunners will love those, easier to shoot people running away

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. and then someone will have to come out with the anti-bullet bullet.

And another arms race will begin.

[GGJohn]

13. It'll be like the anti-ballistic missile missile,

expensive, and totally ineffective.

[GGJohn]

12. Yeah Hoyt,

because that's what us "gunners" love, shooting at people running away.

Your posts about gun owners get more ridiculous every day.

[Hoyt]

15. Why else would you need to practice shooting people at 25 yards or more, that's not self-defense?

[GGJohn]

16. You really don't have a clue do you?

[Hoyt]

24. As to your love of gunz, No.

[GGJohn]

25. Yep, you just confirmed my earlier post.

Thanks.

[VScott]

17. Like a moth to a flame

And as usual, it's not without the panic attack

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[rug]

14. Teeny drones.

Coming to your neighborhood soon!

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Now if only we could put that technology in a sandwich

[Adrahil]

22. I like the cut of your jib! n/t

[Orrex]

20. RUNAWAY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lA6ybohAVq8

[Terra Alta]

21. Imagine this in the hands of trigger-happy cops

Scary, very scary.

[Thor_MN]

23. How many thousand dollars per round?