{"id":353,"date":"2012-02-03T20:02:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2012-02-03T20:02:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:02:02","slug":"new-laser-guided-bullet-accurate-up-to-a-mile-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/new-laser-guided-bullet-accurate-up-to-a-mile-away\/2012\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"New Laser Guided Bullet Accurate up to a Mile Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sandia Labs is working on a new bullet that uses a laser to guide itself from over a mile away.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike rifled bullets that spin as they they fly, their bullet uses a set of fins and flies more like a dart. \u00a0It then uses a laser tracking optical sensor in it&#8217;s nose, along with a small microprocessor to adjust the bullet&#8217;s fins up to 30 times a second as it flies towards a laser mark that remains on the the target.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the path it took while they tracked it in flight:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bullet_1260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-354\" title=\"laser guided bullet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bullet_1260-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"laser guided bullet\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bullet_1260-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bullet_1260-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bullet_1260.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are currently in the prototype testing stage, but we look forward to the day when these will be in the hands of our Law Enforcement, Tactical teams and Military.<\/p>\n<p>More information at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandia.gov\/LabNews\/111216.html\">Sandia Labs Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandia Labs is working on a new bullet that uses a laser to guide itself from over a mile away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}