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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Badgersmilk on January 24, 2010, 08:24:14 PM

Title: "Winning the sniper war in Iraq"
Post by: Badgersmilk on January 24, 2010, 08:24:14 PM

Cool stuff.   :)

"an effective sniper bullet detection system called Boomerang. Mounted in a Humvee, this computer-linked acoustic sensor separated the signature of a passing bullet from background noise and tracked it to its related muzzle blast. The system’s computerized voice then announced, for example, “Rifle shot, 239 meters, 2 o’clock.” By 2007, some 4,000 Boomerang systems had deployed to Iraq, with another 4,000 destined for there and Afghanistan."

Entire article:
http://www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2080&cid=3

Title: Re: "Winning the sniper war in Iraq"
Post by: 1911 Junkie on January 24, 2010, 08:44:21 PM

I saw that on History Channel or somewhere a long time ago. It retraces the bullets path back to its origin.