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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by dTal on Thursday June 13, 2019 @09:36AM (#20174685)
From your first link: "Inside EXACTO bullets are optical guidance systems, aero-actuation controls, and multiple sensors"

Of course that could all be a lie to throw adversaries off the scent, but the trouble with trying to keep a bullet top-secret is the moment you use it, the enemy has as many as they want to study...

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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by anchpop on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:47AM (#20175994)
Could it contain a charge or instability that destroys the useful innovations when it strikes the target, to prevent that? Even regular bullets look deformed when they hit something, it seems like if you want to slow down enemy research you could exploit that
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