EvC Forum: I'm officially scared... self-guided bullets

Email This Thread

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Author

Topic: I'm officially scared... self-guided bullets

herebedragons

Member (Idle past 887 days)

Posts: 1517

From: Michigan

Joined: 11-22-2009

Normal Thread Display

Message 2 of 13 (757208)
05-04-2015 3:37 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by coffee_addict
05-04-2015 3:18 PM

Don't worry... they are guided so they will only the hit bad guys. (unless you are a bad guy?)

HBD

Whoever calls me ignorant shares my own opinion. Sorrowfully and tacitly I recognize my ignorance, when I consider how much I lack of what my mind in its craving for knowledge is sighing for... I console myself with the consideration that this belongs to our common nature. - Francesco Petrarca

"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.

Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.

This message is a reply to:
	Message 1 by coffee_addict, posted 05-04-2015 3:18 PM		coffee_addict has not replied

herebedragons

Member (Idle past 887 days)

Posts: 1517

From: Michigan

Joined: 11-22-2009

Normal Thread Display

Message 4 of 13 (757213)
05-04-2015 9:28 PM

Reply to: Message 3 by Modulous
05-04-2015 9:16 PM

If it takes 250,000 bullets for a disciplined and well-trained soldier to kill a rebel. How many bullets were the spray-and-pray rebels burning through per kill?

And if they are spraying 250,000 bullets (WOW!!!) to kill one insurgent, think of all the collateral damage that would come from the 249,999 bullets that missed!

I suppose it would be a good thing if only say, 10,000 rounds need to be fired to hit a single target. But as coffee_addict says, I don't like the idea of making killing so much easier and efficient...

Just make sure to keep skipping ahead of the ever changing definitions and you'll be fine.

LOL.

Or don't live in the "wrong" part of the world.

HBD

"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.

Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.

This message is a reply to:
	Message 3 by Modulous, posted 05-04-2015 9:16 PM		Modulous has seen this message but not replied

herebedragons

Member (Idle past 887 days)

Posts: 1517

From: Michigan

Joined: 11-22-2009

Normal Thread Display

Message 6 of 13 (757216)
05-04-2015 9:48 PM

Reply to: Message 5 by AZPaul3
05-04-2015 9:28 PM

So the bullet actually changes its path to find the laser spot? Pretty amazing actually. Of course, they probably cost a million dollars each!

Here are some links to the company developing it (since the OP didn't provide any).

EXACTO

Active Programs

quote:
ABOUT TTO

Vision

TTO will rapidly develop new prototype military capabilities that create an asymmetric technological advantage and provide U.S. forces with decisive superiority and the ability to overwhelm our opponents.

Some Crazy Stuff there. I thought we were already militarily superior and had technological advantage over our opponents. Guess not good enough

HBD

"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.

Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.

This message is a reply to:
	Message 5 by AZPaul3, posted 05-04-2015 9:28 PM		AZPaul3 has seen this message but not replied

Replies to this message:
	Message 7 by ringo, posted 05-05-2015 11:57 AM		herebedragons has not replied

Date format: mm-dd-yyyy

Timezone: ET (US)

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Do Nothing Button

2 online now:	Minnemooseus (Adminnemooseus), Percy (Admin)
Newest Member:	ChatGPT
Post Volume:	Total: 916,903 Year: 4,160/9,624 Month: 1,031/974 Week: 358/286 Day: 1/13 Hour: 1/0