Engineers create ‘self-guided' bullet

Tech | 260 hits | Feb 02 6:17 am | Posted by: Regina

Projectile packed with electronics will be able to make 30 corrections per second in reaching a laser-directed point

by QBall
Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:47 pm
Very cool, but I have to imagine each round is going to cost a few hundred bucks each (unless economies of scale kick in huge). Then again you shouldn't need more than one per kill if it actually works. I guess it'll make the art of sniping obsolete.
by raydan
Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:12 pm
Can you see me now?

...pulls trigger.
by Regina
Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:14 pm
by DrCaleb
Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:47 pm
I saw a similar test IIRC on 'Future Weapons'.

Self guiding mortar round. They fired it 1/2 mile off target, over 10 miles or something and it still hit the target dead on.

Very cool!
by BartSimpson
Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:34 pm
There's never going to be a substitute for a shooter who knows his kit.
by Hyack
Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:51 am
Aside from the military, Sandia Labs said potential customers for the bullet could include law enforcement and recreational shooters.

I don't know about those in Albuquerque, but I don't know of many here in Canada who shoot the Ma Deuce for recreational purposes, or for any other reasons either.