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Self-Guided Bullet Can Hit Targets a Mile Away
New submitter jpwilliams writes "Gizmag reports that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have tested a 10-centimeter bullet that can be fired from a smooth-bore rifle to hit a laser-marked target one mile away. The bullet 'includes an optical sensor in the nose to detect a laser beam on a target. The sensor sends information to guidance and control electronics that use an algorithm in an eight-bit central processing unit to command electromagnetic actuators. These actuators steer tiny fins that guide the bullet to the target.' Interestingly, accuracy improves with targets that are further away, because 'the bullet's motions settle the longer it is in flight.'"
Interesting. If you were looking for gun.nut and came to slashdot by mistake.
Sounds more like a dart than a bullet.
The real trick is training the sharks to fire the rifles.
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Personally i don't believe it. A mile away? They probably couldn't hit an elephant at that dist
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At last, our technology is starting to catch up to 1940s cartoons! I can't wait for my portable hole...
Demented But Determined.
The bullet is 10cm not 10in.
That's what she said..
If everything went metric we wouldn't have these problems.
The bullet is 10cm not 10in.
Maybe a NASA engineer submitted the fine article?
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
I was thinking Bullet Bill.
I've been watching season 4 of Chuck and just saw this episode. We have nothing to worry about, the CIA will have no problem recovering the bullets. Also the female CIA agent will develop a severe clothing allergy half-way through.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."
In the gaming universe this is known as an "aim bot", and is routinely derided as a hack for no-skill n00bs.
It should be popular.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Navy snipers can exceed 5 mile killing shots easily. You're doing it all wrong. We kick ass, and don't bother taking names.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SusumfLtYZM
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Length and diameter are entirely different things, as the actress said to the bishop.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
That's a 5" Mk.45 gun, not a rifle, and it's not a sniper, it's an artillery shot. ;) That thing has a range well over 5 miles... more like 13nm according to wiki. :) The navy has guns with an operational range >20mi if you're willing to allow a bigger gun like a 12" or a 16"...
Of course, if you're going to allow the Navy to use big guns as "sniper" weapons, I'm going to allow the Army to use an excalibur round... 200+ mile range on that particular type of artillery. :P
Air Force has got you both beat. Nuke it from orbit.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
Of course the laser spot isn't the target for the bullet, who's trying to destroy a laser dot?!
Probably a cat.