The United States Defense Department has released an impressive/unsettling video that shows off a self-steering bullet technology currently in development.
Once fixed on a target, the Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) course corrects bullets mid-air to ensure they achieve their desired hit despite variables like weather, wind, and other factors that would otherwise throw off one’s aim.
Six expert shooters scored direct hits during a live-fire test of the technology before a novice shooter – a first-time user of a sniper rifle – managed the same:
So let’s hope this stays in the right hands, shall we?
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