U.S. Army Tests Flying Sniper Rifle

[IxionIndustries]

Great, more sharp objects the toddlers in the military get to play with...

Well, so much for my plans of world conquest..

[small]Or is it..?[/small]

 

[Icecoldcynic]

That thing looks like the least welcome visitor possible for anyone on the other side. But how does it identify between targets you want it to shoot and targets you don't? I know there's a guy controlling it, but if there is more than one person in view, and the thing targets them automatically, how will they make it shoot the right people?

 

[internetzealot1]

That has got to be the most ninja thing on the face of the planet besides an actual ninja.

 

[internetzealot1]

Yeah, this just gives me a bad feeling... either because it'll turn out to be incredibly dangerous or incredibly stupid... or both.

This is the U.S Army we're talking about, after all.

Was that an insult to the greates fighting force on the face of the planet.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Damn Necros, I got excited about this again then realized that I had already seen it.

 

[shotgunbob]

I think all drones should have a no questions asked big red button that automaticly shuts them off just to prevent skynet

 

[Booze Zombie]

Was that an insult to the greates fighting force on the face of the planet.

You ask questions with question marks...

 

[internetzealot1]

Was that an insult to the greates fighting force on the face of the planet?

Now if your completely satisfied, I would like an answer.

 

[Spaghetti]

Soooo, its just the next step after the Predator drone technology? I can just see the next dicatator America disagrees with waking up to see THAT hovering outside his window...

A little more OT: I'm a little uneasy about this. Yea it saves a life (while taking a life...) But it's just one of these things that just seems too bizzare to work. The UAV and Predator drones were a good idea...but a Sniper-Helipcoter-Robot thing? Sounds like bad sci-fi.

 

[Motiv_]

I can see this being a horrible idea. There are so many ways it could go wrong.

Oh yes, and...

Was that an insult to the greates fighting force on the face of the planet?

Now if your completely satisfied, I would like an answer.

That is and always will be a matter of opinion. People can insult the US Army if they want, but as a quote I once read said...

If you won't stand behind our soldiers, feel free to stand in front of them.

 

[SantoUno]

Though the human operator does control the vehicle and target selection using a "videogame-like controller

Why do I have a feeling that this will be taken out of context in a Jack Thompson kind of way?

Then again I doubt that piece of text was published anywhere else accesible to the public.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Was that an insult to the greates fighting force on the face of the planet?

Now if your completely satisfied, I would like an answer.

Alright, first, actually prove they're the best without just going "numbers, I guess, man" and secondly, yes, I am insulting America's Army, what of it?

 

[internetzealot1]

Was that an insult to the greates fighting force on the face of the planet?

Now if your completely satisfied, I would like an answer.

Alright, first, actually prove they're the best without just going "numbers, I guess, man" and secondly, yes, I am insulting America's Army, what of it?

Well hell, man. If you ingore statistics, you could say Zimbabwe has the best army and no one could prove you wrong.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Well hell, man. If you ingore statistics, you could say Zimbabwe has the best army and no one could prove you wrong.

No country has "the best" army, because such a thing is an opinion.

I could just go and say "Britain has the best army" or "Poland has the best army", but would I be saying that because of man power, weapons access, previous millitary exploits, etc or just because I was of that country?

If I thought like that, I'd probably be saying it because of the last option.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Flying sniper rifle with deadly accuracy and can pick off targets in a second?

I want one!

That's cool!

Well hell, man. If you ingore statistics, you could say Zimbabwe has the best army and no one could prove you wrong.

No country has "the best" army, because such a thing is an opinion.

I could just go and say "Britain has the best army" or "Poland has the best army", but would I be saying that because of man power, weapons access, previous millitary exploits, etc or just because I was of that country?

If I thought like that, I'd probably be saying it because of the last option.

Who gives a shit who's army is better!? Geez.

 

[EgoDeusEst]

Shitshitshit we're going to die. Oah oah oah.

For a weapons system named so that you pronounce it "ARSE" it seems like pretty damn serious business.

 

[Tekyro]

The Combine is here ;-) War is bad m'kay, manned or unmanned.

Has no-one else noticed the thing is called "arse"?

Not really, since the acronym for it would be "ARSS", but yeah, I laughed at it as well when I was reading it

 

[Cyberjester]

It might not be very stealthy or durable but i bet it can compensate this with manuverabilety.
With "seven to 10 aimed shots per minute" this chopper could
1. "dodge" behind a building
2. rise
3. kill for a few shots
4. dive into savety
5. pop up somewhere else

It is a chopper with a sniper rifle, why not aply sniper tactics?

And if there are to many insurgents for one to kill, send a dozen choppers, that makes 84-120 kills per minute. I wonder who would dare to make a stand.

Those are Apache Gunship tactics. This is basically a remote-control sniper that behaves like an Apache...

And? Moloch-De makes an excellent point. A dozen of those and you're laughing. Equip it with thermal vision and take em out through the roof at night. No-ones going to be so stupid as to stick their head out of a bunker with an RPG7 when there's a dozen of those things hovering above ready to waste them with computer calculated firing trajectories at the touch of a button.

Just think of the Israelis with a few of these. No more Apache's flying in, just one of these can take out a high profile target with minimum of fuss.

 

[BobisOnlyBob]

Those are Apache Gunship tactics. This is basically a remote-control sniper that behaves like an Apache...

And? Moloch-De makes an excellent point.

I, too, was affirming his point, and now additionally yours. I approve of this ridiculous flying nightmare and the Apache Gunships from which it draws its heritage.

 

[RaNDM G]

I'm surprised this didn't make it into Modern Warfare 2. I'd rather have this than the stupid UAV drops I always get.