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Originally Posted by john70t View Post
Need to talk to these guys:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/darpa-bullet-can-change-direction-mid-flight/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-smart-rifle-getting-afghanistan-field-test/

The second probably covers my idea of making a 30mm round either AP or air-fragmentable, depending.
That would allow the A-10 a great deal more flexibility in missions and lower ammo use.
Notice how old those stories are - neither ever came to fruition. The XM25 seemed the more promising of the two, but after it proved unreliable in the field about a decade ago it never did get officially deployed. I think it finally got cancelled fairly recently. The .50 EXACTO "guided bullet" was a bust from the get go.
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