normalblog » snipers http://www.nicknormal.com/normalblog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:48:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 fire and forget gun speak http://www.nicknormal.com/normalblog/2009/04/15/fire-and-forget-gun-speak/ http://www.nicknormal.com/normalblog/2009/04/15/fire-and-forget-gun-speak/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:50:02 +0000 nick http://www.nicknormal.com/normalblog/?p=3626 The recent skirmish at sea that resulted in three synchronized deaths of Somali pirates at the trigger-fingers of US Navy SEAL snipers has lead to an increase of awareness in current gun development, including a recent article at TIME which features this nifty bit of lingo. They’re describing the nature of a gun whose bullets the sniper can essentially “fire and forget”:

fin-stabilized projectiles, spin-stabilized projectiles, internal and/or external aero-actuation control methods, projectile guidance technologies, tamper proofing, small stable power supplies, and advanced sighting, optical resolution and clarity technologies.

They immediately follow saying the bullet,

once fired at a specific target, fly themselves into it by changing shape.

Wowee!

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