Guided Bullets?

[USMCGrunt]

An interesting article on the development of guided bullets for snipers.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/sto...ke-marine-corps-snipers-more-deadly/21392819/

According to the article: "After successfully test firing a guided .50-caliber round this summer, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now conducting "system-level" testing, which will help determine how a guided bullet would work with a service rifle on the battlefield."

I remain skeptical about the performance of this gun system in combat conditions and the wide spread deployment within Infantry units but heck... it appears to be pretty amazing technology.

 

[bruno]

It is interesting- of course given the economics of Government procurement- it could wind up costing about $1million per round

 

[scoutpilot]

Yes, but the round will be made using components from 38 different states, so the program will never be cut.

 

[cga82]

The EMP attack warfare will be ratcheted up!

 

[USMCGrunt]

You guys are so much more eloquent than I am.

When I said I had concerns about widespread deployment what I meant was "cost" and combat conditions meant "EMP, rain, sand, mud, etc"

For all those reasons (and more) I don't really see this going anywhere. But if Scout is correct and we can build enough political clout to fund this from both sides of the aisle ... who knows? Maybe a $1 million bullet is feasible!!