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To: rarestia

> Note that it doesn’t “guide” the projectile. If the target moves, the shot is wasted.

Not yet anyway. As soon as 0’s DARPA figures out how to manufacture mini missiles with guidance systems that can be fired from a gun we’re screwed. I’m sure they’ve already thought of it.


4 posted on 06/12/2013 4:53:21 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Fire and Forget?


7 posted on 06/12/2013 5:03:05 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/self-guided-bulle/‎ As soon as 0’s DARPA figures out how to manufacture mini missiles with guidance systems that can be fired from a gun we’re screwed. I’m sure they’ve already thought of it. ***They sure have. It's called the EXACTO program for DARPA. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/self-guided-bulle/‎ by Katie Drummond - in 376 Google+ circles Jan 30, 2012 – The U.S. military has been after self-guided bullets for years. ... In 2008, they scored a $14.5 million contract as part of Darpa's “Exacto” program, which ... At the tip is an optical sensor, that can detect a laser beam being shone ...
55 posted on 06/12/2013 4:31:20 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: jsanders2001

As soon as 0’s DARPA figures out how to manufacture mini missiles with guidance systems that can be fired from a gun we’re screwed. I’m sure they’ve already thought of it.

***They sure have. It’s called the EXACTO program for DARPA.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/self-guided-bulle/

by Katie Drummond - in 376 Google+ circles Jan 30, 2012 – The U.S. military has been after self-guided bullets for years. ... In 2008, they scored a $14.5 million contract as part of Darpa’s “Exacto” program, which ... At the tip is an optical sensor, that can detect a laser beam being shone ...


56 posted on 06/12/2013 6:39:23 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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