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		Dylan16807 on Aug 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nucle... Generally I would expect direct fire weapons to have much less collateral damage than bombs. Building a better bullet can save lives.

ctdonath on Aug 15, 2014 [–]

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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