U.S. Army Tests Flying Robot Sniper

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AURAPTOR

Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:53 PM

This is kinda cool. Much like what I play on XBOX

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It could be the best Xbox 360 game ever, and a real kick in the ARSS.

The U.S. Army is testing the Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System (ARSS) — a remote-controlled unmanned Vigilante robot helicopter equipped with a high-velocity sniper rifle.

Its RND Edge semi-automatic gun is mounted on a self-stabilizing turret with built-in zoom camera, and fires 7 to 10 precisely aimed .338-caliber rounds per second.

Back on the ground, a human directs it using a modified Xbox 360 controller, which plugs into a laptop so that the operator can see what the drone sees.

"Having the ability to accurately engage single point man sized targets with an airborne UAV will give the ground based soldier the ability to have a high-point survivable sniper at their disposal when needed," stated the Army solicitation notice when the project was announced in 2005.

The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University developed the Precision Weapons Platform guided turret and rifle system.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517481,00.html

ANTHONYT

Friday, April 24, 2009 5:53 AM

Hello,

I've never heard of the .338 round before. Anyone familiar with it?

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

KWICKO

Friday, April 24, 2009 11:44 AM

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

I've never heard of the .338 round before. Anyone familiar with it?

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

Anthony,

Google ".338 Lapua". It's supposed to be great for long-range shots (400-600 yards). Coincidentally, I just heard about it a couple weeks ago; someone was comparing it to the fifty-cal, saying in their experience the Lapua was far more accurate at great range.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

ANTHONYT

Friday, April 24, 2009 3:52 PM

Thanks. :-)

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

PIRATENEWS

Friday, April 24, 2009 4:11 PM

Your local state police and sheriff's dept will soon have one, at your expense.

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, April 24, 2009 4:51 PM

Why do we need that when we already have this...

Whoooopps!...how'd that get in there.

Now, here it is :

PIRATENEWS

Friday, April 24, 2009 6:57 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Why do we need that when we already have this...

Whoooopps!...how'd that get in there.

Whoops agin, Pimp Mack Daddy of the Franklin Coverup

FABULOUS commander in chief in charge of the Terminator robot army

KWICKO

Friday, April 24, 2009 7:03 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Why do we need that when we already have this...

Whoooopps!...how'd that get in there.

Holy crap! Now THAT is a funny picture!

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, April 24, 2009 7:24 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Why do we need that when we already have this...

Whoooopps!...how'd that get in there.

Holy crap! Now THAT is a funny picture!

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Holy Crap! Kwicko is reacting to something in a non-hate-Bush way! I'm teary-eyed and all choked up.

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, April 24, 2009 7:38 PM

And just to show you that turn-about is fair play ...

KWICKO

Friday, April 24, 2009 7:59 PM

Dammit, Jongs - you owe me a new monitor! Mine has Diet Sprite spewed all over it now.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

KWICKO

Friday, April 24, 2009 9:39 PM

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This is kinda cool. Much like what I play on XBOX

Dang - Now I might have to get an XBOX!

Off-topic question, but have you played Ace Combat on the XBOX? I'm just curious if anyone here has played it on the PS2 and the XBOX, and if so, how it compares. The Ace Combat series was a mainstay on the PS2 platform for years, but they made the jump to XBOX with the most recent version, and never ported it to the PS2 *OR* the PS3, so far as I've heard. Bummer to be a PlayStation guy, I s'pose...

And it's stuff like that that's kept me from springing for a PS3, honestly. I've yet to see a "killer app" for that platform.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

PIRATENEWS

Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:06 AM

New Military Terminators to Replace Human Army's by 2015: NWO is setting up a global Kosher slaughterhouse, which is what UN HQ in NYC is built on...

ANTHONYT

Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:32 AM

Hello,

Here's a new one for you, Pirate...

The Terminator films are government propaganda, designed to convince the native population that they can overcome any robot army, leaving them unprepared and with a false sense of security for when the government uses the robots against the populace in 2020.

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

GINOBIFFARONI

Saturday, April 25, 2009 5:35 AM

and the bailout is just a front,

once bought up with handpicked execs put in charge GM is gonna mass produce this robot army.

" They don't hate America, they hate Americans " Homer Simpson

Lets party like its 1939

JAYNEZTOWN

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