SassyLady
04-28-2012, 01:25 AM
Awesome if it works.
The Army is working on a getting a warhead that sounds like “peak absurdity (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/warhead-loiter-nonlethal/),” says Spencer Ackerman at Danger Room.
This is the recipe for peak absurdity in weapons design. One part bazooka round; one part suicidal drone; one part stun round. What the U.S. Army hopes will emerge from that mix is a warhead that can loiter in midair while it hunts a human target — but won’t kill him when it finds him.
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Elsewhere in the world of “smart ammunition”, China says it has made a breakthrough developing a laser-equipped weapon (http://www.businessinsider.com/china-develops-smart-ammunition-2012-4) that flies over a target zone searching for a mark. The major difference is, the China’s ammo is hell-bent on destroying the target and will unleash two hits — one destructive projectile to break through armor, immediately followed by a cluster of sub-projectiles to wipe out whatever the armor was protecting.
The U.S. Army’s “magic bullet” will likely have a much more delicate mission to accomplish, perhaps in aid of Human Intelligence operations which would require the target to be alive to answer troops’ all-important questions.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-army-is-pushing-the-limit-with-this-insane-magic-bullet/
The Army is working on a getting a warhead that sounds like “peak absurdity (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/warhead-loiter-nonlethal/),” says Spencer Ackerman at Danger Room.
This is the recipe for peak absurdity in weapons design. One part bazooka round; one part suicidal drone; one part stun round. What the U.S. Army hopes will emerge from that mix is a warhead that can loiter in midair while it hunts a human target — but won’t kill him when it finds him.
Snip........
Elsewhere in the world of “smart ammunition”, China says it has made a breakthrough developing a laser-equipped weapon (http://www.businessinsider.com/china-develops-smart-ammunition-2012-4) that flies over a target zone searching for a mark. The major difference is, the China’s ammo is hell-bent on destroying the target and will unleash two hits — one destructive projectile to break through armor, immediately followed by a cluster of sub-projectiles to wipe out whatever the armor was protecting.
The U.S. Army’s “magic bullet” will likely have a much more delicate mission to accomplish, perhaps in aid of Human Intelligence operations which would require the target to be alive to answer troops’ all-important questions.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-army-is-pushing-the-limit-with-this-insane-magic-bullet/