The US military has poured millions upon millions of dollars into squad-based tactical UAVs—the kind deployed by troops for close-range ASAP reconnaissance—over the past few years, developing the likes of the Puma AE
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The Army’s Smart New Mortars Could Actually Hit a Target [Monster Machines]
Posted in: Today's Chili Mortars are an invaluable tool for infantry forces, but the problem is that they aren’t exactly accurate, only half land within 136 meters of where they’re aimed. That sort of success rate just won’t do in Afghanistan, where minimizing collateral damage is an imperative. That’s why General Dynamics built a mortar with pinpoint accuracy. More »