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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by Dylan16807 on Thursday August 14, 2014 @04:03PM (#8179537)
Generally I would expect direct fire weapons to have much less collateral damage than bombs.

Building a better bullet can save lives.

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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by ctdonath on Thursday August 14, 2014 @10:01PM (#8180731)
And of late someone has: guided .50BMG bullets which can adjust their flightpath to assuredly hit a target (which, one can presume, is being shot to prevent others from being killed). EXACTO .50-caliber demonstration: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2014/07/10a.aspx
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