Self-Aiming Sniper Rifle - Neatorama

DARPA and Lockheed Martin are developing a sniper rifle that, if successful, will partially aim itself:

It will measure atmospheric conditions, account for the weapon’s maximum effective range and include GPS coordinates. It’s also supposed to communicate with the rifle scope, informing the gun itself of the aim point offset and expected crosswind.

Link via Say Uncle | Photo (unrelated) via Flickr user Lance Fisher used under Creative Commons license

Previously: New Long Distance Shot Record: 1.52 Miles Away

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The day is not far off when human soldiers will be replaced by robots...
http://mojoblast.net/

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built in aimbot?

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This is so shortsighted. The U.S. has the advantage in sniper warfare. It has the resources and expertise to train its snipers, but if they made a sniper rifle that didn't require extensive training to use then the gorilla forces they fight in Iraq and Afghanistan would have a powerful weapon to use against the U.S.. Eventually the weapon would fall into enemy hands or other countries like Russia would start exporting their own variety.

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How long before somebody gets the bright idea to attach this to the robot powered by corpses?

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One step closer to aiding the machines when they overthrow mankind.

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