Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet"

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by August

If it works it's the advent of the "smart bullet" and could mean a huge change in warfare.

The smart bullet is already being designed for the Future Warrior concept. It will have 4x 15mm launchers of heat seeking smart munitions (fired from a metal storm type launcher) surrouding a 4.6 mm PDW for close in defense. You can run, dodge and generally hide, but the munitions will get you anyway. Should be fielded between 2020 to 2025.

-S

[August]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

The smart bullet is already being designed for the Future Warrior concept. It will have 4x 15mm launchers of heat seeking smart munitions (fired from a metal storm type launcher) surrouding a 4.6 mm PDW for close in defense. You can run, dodge and generally hide, but the munitions will get you anyway. Should be fielded between 2020 to 2025.

-S

Not quite the same thing. The difference between that and these drone things is while the heat seeker bullet will detonate when it gets close to its target it still has to continue to move along or drop to the ground. With a nano drone you could completely button up and it will hover and wait until you come out then get you.

Being guided it could also fly down a pipe or through a crack in the wall. A lot more effective imo.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by August

Not quite the same thing. The difference between that and these drone things is while the heat seeker bullet will detonate when it gets close to its target it still has to continue to move along or drop to the ground. With a nano drone you could completely button up and it will hover and wait until you come out then get you.

Being guided it could also fly down a pipe or through a crack in the wall. A lot more effective imo.

You assume the smart munition has no rocket power (which is does). Of course, the slow bee like thing will do the job for an extended period of time, but the Mach 2 smart munition is what I would rather have in a fight - you are dead now! This is assuming I had the FW's protective gear as well that made me immune to the bee. The FW's suit is made of of a nano army itself and has the ability to inject everything from pain killers to blood clotting drugs, set broken bones with an instant cast on demand, and give the user almost superhuman strength. Its pretty amazing what is coming down the pike.

-S

[August]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

You assume the smart munition has no rocket power (which is does). Of course, the slow bee like thing will do the job for an extended period of time, but the Mach 2 smart munition is what I would rather have in a fight - you are dead now! This is assuming I had the FW's protective gear as well that made me immune to the bee. The FW's suit is made of of a nano army itself and has the ability to inject everything from pain killers to blood clotting drugs, set broken bones with an instant cast on demand, and give the user almost superhuman strength. Its pretty amazing what is coming down the pike.

-S

I'm not discounting rocket powered smart rounds completely but like any rocket its flight time and maneverabiltiy would be severely limited therefore limiting its usefullness in certain situations.

Personally i'd rather have both weapon technolgies. Something able to fly around a corner or into an entrenchment at blinding speed and something that could sit and wait like a mobile intelligent mini mine for its victim to emerge (or unzip that fancy suit, say to take a dump) or crawl through pipe, crack or duct into an enemy strongpoint and send back intel like the proverbial fly on the wall before being directed to strike the right target with pinpoint accuracy at the optimal moment.

Freaky stuff man. Makes me feel old to remember a time when bombs and bullets were just hunks of dumb metal tossed in large numbers with the hope of hitting something a small percentage of the time.