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Police Use James-Bond-Style GPS Bullet

Posted by Soulskill on from the coordinated-assault dept.

mrspoonsi writes "The BBC reports that police in the U.S. are now using 'GPS bullets,' a device they can shoot at fleeing vehicles in order to track them. They're designed to make high-speed chases safer. The pursuing police car presses a button, a lid pops open, and a GPS bullet is fired which becomes attached to the fleeing car. The car can then be tracked from a distance in real-time without the need for a high-speed pursuit."

6 of 210 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, we might find Scorpio's lair finally!

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  2. Re:The car can then be track by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really. Slashdot.

  3. Re:ghost in the shell by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this was news for nerds dammit?!?!

    I thought this was nudes for nerds.

    Imagine my disappointment.

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  4. Re:Typical BBC bias by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you read your own link, the StarChase website refers to it as a cannon ffs.

    I think we can forgive the BBC for toning it down to bullet from cannon shell.

  5. Exchange Rate by carou · · Score: 5, Funny

    It costs $5,000 (£3,108) to install and each bullet costs $500 (£312).

    Apparently the exchange rate was updated while they were in the middle of writing that sentence.

  6. HA! HA! by Guest316 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is why I keep the back of my car coated in vaseline. Checkmate, Johnny Law!