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'Smart bullet' reports back wirelessly
New Scientist ^
| 28 May 04
| Will Knight
Posted on 05/28/2004 11:53:51 PM PDT by pt17
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posted on
05/28/2004 11:53:53 PM PDT
by
pt17
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
05/28/2004 11:56:17 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(“If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison-Dwight Eisenhower-12/8/49)
To: pt17; nuconvert
Ok, who is producing this bullet? Bruce Wayne through Wayne Industries, or Tony Stark for his Iron-Man project? Inquiring minds want to know.
Or do I smell a certain Brit working for her Majesty's secret service? Hmmmm!
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:19:19 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
To: B4Ranch
What would they use it for?
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:19:55 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:30:09 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(“If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison-Dwight Eisenhower-12/8/49)
To: pt17
Well, it has been in Hollywood use for decades. Ever noticed how the positive character always hits the target without even aiming at it, and (it comes with a smart gun, which must be still classified) never has to reload?
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:51:05 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: pt17
Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons starred in a movie about this.
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:52:24 AM PDT
by
Monty22
To: Monty22
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:54:41 AM PDT
by
Monty22
To: spetznaz
Some earlier BLAM-related references:
There's also some DARPA references available if you care to search for them.
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:58:43 AM PDT
by
pt17
To: GSlob
Well, it has been in Hollywood use for decades. Ever noticed how the positive character always hits the target without even aiming at it, and (it comes with a smart gun, which must be still classified) never has to reload
LOL, you're right.
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posted on
05/29/2004 12:59:58 AM PDT
by
pt17
To: pt17
Well, here's an application:
Know how we have a problem with our troops getting fired at by disruptors shielded from within raging mobs? How we have a problem, because once you counter-attack, the bad guys run away, or we end up hitting civilians?
Shoot one of these into one of them, with the thing constantly relaying updated GPS coordinates. When the bad guys rally after the ambush for an after-action report, well, there's where you bring the action to THEM!
Or, just sit back for several hours, and study their habits --your choice.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:55:34 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
Why would it need to be electronic, necessarily. Why not just tag with a chemical which is easily traced by sensor and/or K9, using a soft BB size pellet so it doesn't actually damage anything and draw attention to its strike.
To: *bang_list
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posted on
05/29/2004 8:06:08 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism.)
To: Joe Brower
Actually, I thought it would have been a good move to hand out throw-away paintball guns to SF & Iraqis to deface Saddam's ubiquitious posters before/during/after our invasion.
Talk about psy-ops!
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posted on
05/29/2004 8:41:01 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Now back home in God's country...)
To: pt17
King also warns that firing a projectile at a potential explosive goes against bomb disposal guidelines. Gee, I wonder why....
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posted on
05/29/2004 10:26:56 AM PDT
by
TaxPayer2000
(The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
To: gaijin
Know how we have a problem with our troops getting fired at by disruptors shielded from within raging mobs? How we have a problem, because once you counter-attack, the bad guys run away, or we end up hitting civilians?Interesting application, reminscent of what the authorities were trying to come up with in the riot-prone 60s.
I remember Smith & Wesson had a revolver that used .22 blanks to propel a dye-loaded slug to identify mob ringleaders. (Maybe the precursor of today's paintball guns.) They dropped the project as it was liable to kill if the wrong part of the anatomy was hit. Not a loss in my eyes if it was the right guy - I think that was the real problem, you might hit a second-rater.
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05/29/2004 10:36:59 AM PDT
by
Oatka
To: GSlob
Ever noticed how the positive character always hits the target without even aiming at it, and (it comes with a smart gun, which must be still classified) never has to reload? Even notice that if the POV is the bad guy sighting using a sniper rifle and cross-hairs he always hits the glass/coffee cup while the potential victim walks from the kitchen to the living room?
You'd think a professional would be able to hit the much larger target of a human body.
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posted on
05/29/2004 10:40:53 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
To: pt17
The projectile, created at the University of Florida in Gainesville, US, is 1.7 centimetres in diameter can be fired at from an ordinary paint-ball gun.That is not a bullet. That is artillery.
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posted on
05/29/2004 10:44:32 AM PDT
by
AndrewC
(I am a Bertrand Russell agnostic, even an atheist.</sarcasm>)
To: pt17
You know, I've wondered why there hasn't been a lot of research done to create a "deadly fly" or a fly-sized robot/video camera. God knows a creature as small as a fly could get in to places even flying drones could not.
Perhaps there has been work done on this area...and we just don't know it. :)
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posted on
05/29/2004 10:52:03 AM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
To: gaijin
Actually, it is much simpler: use a flamethrower over their heads to create a burning obstacle BEHIND the hostile crowd. The crowd starts dissipating immediately even before it is "well done". This way they are channeled, gunmen and civilians, into, should we say, a "checkpoint", where bad guys can be picked "still warm". Besides, the psychological effect (breaking the will to fight) is highly desirable.
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posted on
05/29/2004 11:05:27 AM PDT
by
GSlob
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