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Smart bullets exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_bullet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_bullet Here's a live-fire video of the EXACTO: https://yout
by wahern 4y ago
Smart bullets exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_bullet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_bullet
Here's a live-fire video of the EXACTO: https://youtu.be/YoOaJclkSZg https://youtu.be/YoOaJclkSZg
All the available information is several years old, now. I figure either the EXACTO (or successor) has secretly been deployed, or it proved impractical.
- Animats 4y agoIt may have fallen into the category of weapons too big to lug around, and inferior to vehicle-mounted systems. That's happened before. About 10 years ago, the USMC was trying out an "automatic mortar". This accepted fire direction like artillery - forward observer designates target, data is passed to weapon, weapon duly clobbers target. Worked OK, too heavy for infantry, and there are vehicle-mounted systems already deployed which can do that job.