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Video: Watch DARPA’s New Self-Guided Bullets Turn in Mid-Flight, Following Their Target
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You may have seen the movie Wanted. Sure, the movie was almost unrecognizable from theMark Millar comic book series it was very loosely based on. But that didn’t stop anyone from pretending to be a bullet-curving, badass, supervillain-with-a-heart sniper like Angelina Jolie after seeing it.
But the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) new self-steering bullet is about to change the pretend part into reality.
As part of its Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, DARPA has been developing a .50 caliber ammunition that can maneuver in flight. To be clear, it can change direction after being fired from a weapon.
A post on DARPA’s website describes EXACTO’s specially designed bullet as using a “real-time optical guidance system” that tracks and directs the bullets right to their targets.
This guiding system is what ensures the high accuracy rate of snipers regardless of external factors that could affect the trajectory of the bullet, such as weather or target movement.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2016/03/video-watch-darpas-new-self-guided-bullets-turn-in-mid-flight-following-their-target/
