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When Looks Can Kill

Posted by michael on from the smoldering-glance dept.

Ben Sullivan writes "From the Los Angeles Times: "Test pilots here are flying with sophisticated helmets, resembling a bug's eye, that allow them to aim their weapons and sensors simply by looking at potential targets on the ground or in the air. The helmets, when coupled with a highly maneuverable new missile that is close to deployment, would enable fighter pilots to look over their shoulders and fire instantly at targets, a feat that until now has been matched only in science fiction movies." Development was done by San Jose-based Vision Systems International, a joint venture of defense electronics maker Rockwell Collins Inc. and Israeli's Elbit. Raytheon makes the sharp-turning AIM-9X missile."

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  1. I feel sorry for... by ShortSpecialBus · · Score: 0, Troll

    any big titted blondes that happen to be standing too near a low altitude dogfight.

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  2. This is great by aminorex · · Score: 1, Troll

    Since the US supplies most of the arms to Israel,
    now all an IDF trooper has to do is look at a
    doctor or a policeman or a mother holding her
    child, and *bang*, they've been ethnically
    cleansed! Ain't technology great? Ain't George
    just a paragon of virtue and moral strength?

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