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#1 homicidal_squirrel Jan 31, 2012 13:38:58	www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810107
#2 Idolis Feb 01, 2012 19:35:37	And suddenly a few scenes in Runaway don't seem so far fetched. (Pretty decent flick by the way.)
#3 bone_naga Feb 05, 2012 14:33:09	Neat concept but it'll be a long time before it's practical for field use. There were experiments decades ago with miniature rockets (gyrojets, lancejets, finjets, etc) fired from guns but the problem is that at such a small scale, any extremely minor defect in the manufacturing process pretty much ruins it and causes it to be very inaccurate, and these defects are very difficult to detect short of firing the round. And it's one thing to achieve this during testing, but quite another to make it work the same under field conditions. The developers also acknowledge that it is only useful at very long ranges. It is also going to cost a lot per round, not to mention the weapon and targeting systems needed. Plus it would only really be advantageous when you have a single threat identified among civilian populace (otherwise you could just call in an airstrike, artillery, or just go in guns blazing with cheaper ammo), which is going to be difficult to verify from 2km away. It's cool that they're working on it, but I don't think we'll see it being used anytime in the near future.