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Scientists Patent Self-Guided Bullet

by Dylan Polk • February 7, 2012 • 3 comments
Self-guided bullet

Photo courtesy of Randy Montoya/Sandia Labs

A team of scientists in New Mexico have invented the unthinkable: a bullet that doesn’t miss.

According to KRQE-TV, scientists at Sandia Labs in Albuquerque have invented a self-guided bullet that doesn’t miss its target.

The .50-caliber bullet, which behaves more like a miniature guided missile, doesn’t have a spiral rotation, but instead twists and turns to guide itself toward a laser-directed point and is capable of making up to 30 corrections in the air — it could be a perfect fit for military machine guns, scientists said.

“We’ve tested gunpowders to see if we can get muzzle velocity for military interest,” said Jim Jones, a member of the Sandia Labs technical staff. “We’ve tested various electronic components to see if they would survive the launch.”

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  • Shooter1

    This may be the new Gyro-Jet, with added warheads of various types for specific missions!

  • William Belcher

    No thank you I want the bullet to hit where I aim it, not where you or some one else points a laser.

  • Dinah

    I guess it was only a matter of time before an actual homing bullet like this came out. I wonder who will first be able to get the trademarks in australia. The military could use a good supply of these things.