http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/futuristic-rifle-turns-novice-sharpshooter-1B7916613 I'm going to get one for my wife when the price comes down a bit. Right now she's only a fair to middlin' shot with a long gun. If I was a javelina, I'd be looking for better places to hide.
I stopped hunting when I was a teenager. I couldn't stand to see the life go out of the creatures' eyes. I don't shoot for sport. I didn't get a gun until after I was attacked. I have guns because I'm afraid.
Don't you think that is an amazing new technology? A scope that will adjust for distance, wind, and humidity? No need for a spotter or a hand-held calculator anymore. The old drunk down the street with the coke-bottle glasses will be just as good as a marine scout/sniper. I think now you really have reason to be aftraid. Stay indoors and away from the windows, eh? Keep the lights off. No silhouettes.
I wondered how long before these became commercial. Hopefully if it fails in the field, the user can still shoot manually. Somethings should never just be left to technology
No no, for sure. I was thinking more along the lines of the laziness that comes from the comfort-ability of having a computer do it for you. For the first while I'm sure they'd send out qualified individuals, but after a while, why not just send in anyone who can pull the trigger. Who needs a competent sniper when the computer can do it for you.
I think the army will still be training snipers to be a cut above the rest, even with these in use, just because other countries will, and they won't want other countries to be able to say their snipers are better.
one part of the military that is possibly facing obsoleteness in the face of growing tech innovation is the manned airforce. Lot of competitiveness between "real" pilots, and drone flyers.
This month they become commercial. I have been tracking this technology for some time. They used technology fighter pilots get in their gets for targeting.
