Posted by
CowboyNeal
on from the jumping-the-gun dept.
giampy writes "New Scientist reports the creation of a 'smart bullet' that can be fired at a target and then transmit back informations via wireless connection. The range is 70m. The project is funded by Lockeed Martin and its official goal is the detection of hidden TNT."
Re:How about car chases?
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Anonymous Coward
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Not always possible. Some persuits need to be stopped quickly. Usually because the driver presents a grave danger to the public (i.e. drunk, escaped felon). By the time they catch up to the signal, they car may have been ditched with the criminal long gone.
Re:Clarification.
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BravoFourEcho
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...I was under the impression that only some explosives (rather than all) are sensitive to heat, and some to percussion... while some require both to initiate a high-order detonation.
Well, the amount of heat or force required depends on the particular explosive. But if you have enough of either, you can generally set off whatever you want. Gunpowder takes very little heat, but C-4 requires quite a bit if no shock is involved. You can burn a lot of explosisves without them detonating. Shock is similar. The military grade stuff is desensitized enough that it can take a bullet strike, but civilian dynamite won't necessarily be desensitized.
In most cases, all the chaining required to set off explosives is done in the cap, so you wouldn't need to specifically set something up.
The Barret's are a nice setup, but I can't say much more about that than that we do use them. The bomb suits are pretty unwieldy. Most of the time you'll see the EOD guys with just flak vests.
As for EOD techs being crazy, well, not everyone is dumb enough to play with something that didn't blow up when it was supposed to.:)
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Not always possible. Some persuits need to be stopped quickly. Usually because the driver presents a grave danger to the public (i.e. drunk, escaped felon). By the time they catch up to the signal, they car may have been ditched with the criminal long gone.
Well, the amount of heat or force required depends on the particular explosive. But if you have enough of either, you can generally set off whatever you want. Gunpowder takes very little heat, but C-4 requires quite a bit if no shock is involved. You can burn a lot of explosisves without them detonating. Shock is similar. The military grade stuff is desensitized enough that it can take a bullet strike, but civilian dynamite won't necessarily be desensitized.
In most cases, all the chaining required to set off explosives is done in the cap, so you wouldn't need to specifically set something up.
The Barret's are a nice setup, but I can't say much more about that than that we do use them. The bomb suits are pretty unwieldy. Most of the time you'll see the EOD guys with just flak vests.
As for EOD techs being crazy, well, not everyone is dumb enough to play with something that didn't blow up when it was supposed to. :)
What good is a double standard if you can't enforce it?