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Re:Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, t... by mdorazio on Monday May 08, 2017 @12:09AM (#14289183)
This reminds me of a novel weapon from the Daemon novels. Basically, small semi-guided darts dropped from weather balloons that were used as antipersonnel weapons rather than as a replacement for conventional explosives.
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Re:Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, t... by knz on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:07AM (#14289385)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Dog_(bomb)

Something similar has already been used here since​ WW1.

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