I think they are called BLAM - barrel launched adaptive muntion or REAM - Range Extended Adaptive Munition.
More here.
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA432910
So, how does the 12 ga. version perform?
I very much doubt that.
OTOH, you need to paint the target with a laser. If the same spotter had a rifle, the work could be done less expensively.
Oh wait. Lasers can be tiny and affixed to a quadrotor.
Really neat stuff. I wonder how much of a turn the dart could make, to go around or over stuff to get to the target that the shooter himself couldn’t see. For longer shots that a sniper couldn’t make, why couldn’t the laser just be part of the gun, or would recoil mess that up, could you hold it on to lase after? I wonder if it’s slower than a regular round. Or do you need a whole different guy holding the laser like a spotter? Does the laser need to be a lot closer than a mile away? Sorry if my questions are idiotic, I don’t know anything about this stuff.
Freegards
Interesting technology. Bet it will only be legal for police & military. Can’t have uppity peasants with such capability.
bflr
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