Smart Darts to end car chases?

[stan_deezy]

Hmmm, I'm not convinced about this one but the LAPD are testing "smart darts" which are fired into the back of a fleeing vehicle.<br />The dart contains GPS tracking technology and the manufacturer claims they are "almost impossible to remove"....which leads me to wonder how you remove them if they "tag" your car by mistake?<br /><br />Full story (video;best on broadband, sorry) here

 

[Bob_VT]

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Nice thought. At one time there was an electronic device that was supposed to disable a car by "Electronic Pulse" and that never took off. Car chases are a hobby/profession in California and people live to see them. The news broadcasts them. <br /><br />I would suggest a similar device that would fire a laser guided missle from the grill. It would imbed a small destructive device and the police could dentonate it at will.

 

[stan_deezy]

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Cruel Bob, cruel...........but it gets my vote

 

[aspeck]

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Leave it to Bob to want to blow everything up!

 

[Fishin' Jeff]

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Seems like a decent idea providing the crook doesn't get a chance to ditch the darted car and steal another. If the police dart the car and call off the chase, I doubt if the crooks will pull over and wait for them to catch up.

 

[Braxton]

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Bob they should also add a voice like a really nice lady saying things like stop now or you will blow up. or things like if you give up now you won't be hurt. or just simply your time is over in this world as you know it! LOL

 

[rwise]

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or maybe just, tic,,,,tic,,,,tic,,,,,,,,BOOM

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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But what if when they was ready to jag, the perp jigged and the darts hit a person? <br />Stranger things have happened.

 

[heycods]

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Yea Bob I like your big Bang theory best.

 

[scrapper]

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Big bang theory might be good , But I hope its not my car he steals and they blow up

 

[KaGee]

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I think this dart would work much better....<br /><br />

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<br /><br />Ask questions later. <br /><br />

 

[CN Spots]

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Man, Nerf's getting serious!<br /><br />spots

 

[matthews_jim]

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Good darts: 9mm, 357 mag, 44 mag

 

[QC]

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Originally posted by Bob_VT:<br /> Car chases are a hobby/profession in California and people live to see them. The news broadcasts them.

Hey I live for that remark, oh wait, that's what you said . . . hmmmmmmmm. I am currently surfing the channels and not one chase, dang, dang, dang. Back to bed I guess.<br /><br />Think about it. How the heck is the show Cops supposed to stay in business if we don't get them some really good footage? And another thing, last time I checked the chasees haven't figured out how to outrun the news media, let alone a police chopper . . . So we need these darts for what exactly?

 

[aspeck]

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Originally posted by QC:<br /> . . . So we need these darts for what exactly?

TO GO BOOM!

 

[bekosh]

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Let's just give the cops the new He11fire Jr.<br /><br />LOCKHEED MARTIN SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS GUIDED FLIGHT TEST OF ADVANCED PRECISION KILL WEAPON SYSTEM II<br />ORLANDO, FL, March 1, 2006 -- <br />

<br />Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) yesterday conducted a successful ground-launched medium-range guided test vehicle (GTV) flight of the “HELLFIRE® Junior” missile it is offering for the U.S. government’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II requirement. <br /><br />“The successful GTV flight is a major milestone for APKWS II,” said Rick Edwards, vice president - Tactical Missiles at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “Our previous successful ballistic test vehicle flights and the many tests that led up to these were all important, but here, we were trying to hit a target for the first time and we did it. The pre-contract investment in risk-reduction testing by us and our industry teammates continues to pay off.”<br /><br />Lockheed Martin’s suppliers include two companies whose components were critical to the GTV success: HR Textron, Santa Clarita, CA (NYSE: TXT), which provides the control actuation system (CAS); and Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN (NYSE: HON), which provides the inertial sensor assembly (ISA).<br /><br />The test was conducted on the C-72 test range at Eglin AFB, FL. The established objectives for the GTV flight were to demonstrate safe launch and separation characteristics, stable flight and performance of the seeker de-roll bearing assembly and the semi-active laser guidance.<br /><br />“The rocket hit the target board 2.8 kilometers downrange and the impact was less than half a meter from the laser spot designation,” said Steve Barnoske, director - Tactical Missiles at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “According to the flight telemetry and range tracking data, we met all the objectives. This means that ‘HELLFIRE® Junior’ is on track to provide precision strike in a low-cost, smaller, yet lethal package.”<br /><br />The APKWS II is a 2.75-inch laser-guided rocket that will provide crews of the U.S. Army Apache and Marine Corps Cobra attack helicopters and other platforms with precision-strike capability against targets that do not require a 7-inch HELLFIRE missile—an option not presently available. This low-cost alternative will destroy non-armored targets that are close to civilian assets and/or friendly forces.<br /><br />Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 90,000 laser-guided munitions to the warfighter, and in total has produced more than 135,000 laser-guided systems, including HELLFIRE, Copperhead, Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs and Laser Guided Training Rounds. Lockheed Martin has over 30 years of experience and investment in precision Semi-Active Laser technology.

 

[KaGee]

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Oh boy! A new Anti Jet Flea device!

 

[stan_deezy]

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Looks way cool........but can they do it in any other colours?