EXACTO demonstrates first-ever guided .50-caliber bullets

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Post by yurisagalov » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 8:45 PM UTC

EXACTO demonstrates first-ever guided .50-caliber bullets
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Re: EXACTO demonstrates first-ever guided .50-caliber bullets

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Post by pyrocat » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:13 PM UTC

Countdown to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVsQToSfag

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Post by haptiK » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:18 PM UTC

pyrocat wrote: post #2

Countdown to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVsQToSfag

ROFL

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Seriously though. How do they plan to designate the target for this round?

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Post by cromwellian » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:19 PM UTC

pyrocat wrote: post #2

Countdown to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVsQToSfag

Bah, 1984 called and Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons want their self-guided bullets back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6ybohAVq8

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Post by ArikBe » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:20 PM UTC

haptiK wrote: post #3

pyrocat wrote: post #2

Countdown to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVsQToSfag

ROFL /thread Seriously though. How do they plan to designate the target for this round?

I believe that targets are marked using a laser.

Re: EXACTO demonstrates first-ever guided .50-caliber bullets

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Post by cromwellian » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:22 PM UTC

cromwellian wrote: post #4

pyrocat wrote: post #2

Countdown to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVsQToSfag

Bah, 1984 called and Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons want their self-guided bullets back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6ybohAVq8

This is being voted down, why? The entire subject of _Runaway_ is self guiding bullets and killer drones, and it came out in 1984.

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Post by ricardobeat » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:24 PM UTC

ArikBe wrote: post #5

haptiK wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ROFL /thread Seriously though. How do they plan to designate the target for this round?

I believe that targets are marked using a laser.

If you can aim the laser, you can aim the weapon. This would certainly involve computer vision, makes it even more scary.

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Post by callmeed » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:24 PM UTC

Can't decide if this will be mounted on the robots that take over ... or we will need them to fight the robots

Re: EXACTO demonstrates first-ever guided .50-caliber bullets

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Post by ArikBe » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:25 PM UTC

The video and program page[1] don't reveal anything about how this works. I remember watching a documentary a few years ago on Discovery channel where this project was discussed. The bullet was essentially divided into a front and back portion, which could twist independently. The twisting then allows for corrections in the air. There's another design by Sandia labs where the bullets has little "fins" (like a missile)[2], however judging by the render provided on the DARPA page[3] it's not the bullet by Sandia.

Either way we now have IRL aimbot.

[1] http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/TTO/Programs/Extreme_Accuracy_... [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmAzAmYv364 [3] http://www.darpa.mil/uploadedImages/Content/Our_Work/TTO/Pro...

Re: EXACTO demonstrates first-ever guided .50-caliber bullets

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Post by ultimoo » Fri, Jul 11, 2014, 9:26 PM UTC

I wonder what is the technology behind this? Does the bullet have a small GPS module along with small motors that change the form of the bullet so that it can be guided by the rifle over radio frequency? What about the radio waves being interrupted or jammed etc.

Or is it something more ground-breakingly advanced?