My God, the technology these days. Its crazier than we can begin to imagine. Imagine the stuff that they arn't talking about? Controlling the weather as a weapon realllllllly doesn't seem so far fetched.

I can't help but think that we really are living in a Jetson's-like future, just all the cool meals in a pill and teleportation devices are reserved for the elite. Imagine if we used this technology for good!?

On second look at that picture...does that patch on his arm resemble a baphomet, or is that just me? Looks like it also has a 3 on it.

Just think of what good this money could have gone to. Developing new cures for diseases, giving food to a starving family... etc.

Instead it goes on finding new ways to kill people.

The title was misleading, thinking the bullet could change direction mid-flight. I've read about the XM25 for a few years now, seems like it's getting put to production now.

I'm looking forward to the civilian semi-automatic version!

Gotta have one of those!

I wonder what mechanism is used to communicate "explode" and I wonder how often this mechanism gets a false signal, or since it's programmed, whether it's possible for enemies to hack it.

That last part, yep, I think this is what the weapon will be deployed for....a sort of glorified blooper...
They had mounted same on the bottom of the M16, and this is a natural outgrowth of exploring the munition and the delivery system.
The use of these weapons will likey be restricted to one or two per squad....
Like the SAW with its new assault packs of inked ammo, and the portable ATW rocket, there will be a couple of thes4e special ones in the miix.
I highly doubt that the army has plans to switch the whole shebang over to these.(the rounds are too big to pack many,and probly too expensive to waste....)

Meanwhile trenches with overhangs may be better than nothing, as well as making sure yer ass is covered as well as your front when you go to ground.
Frankly a souped up kitchen micro wave oven without the shielding may be sufficient to cause people to drop their weapons instinctively and run to escape the beam.
The thing is to figure how to mount it above a doorway etc, where it could be focussed.
just sayin....

Any electronics nerd could do this....however no citizen has access to weapons grade explosives so you could only make a really cool thermate delivery system. Its just RF reciver circuit attached to an ignition switch(maybe 1-3$ in parts).I bet it could be done in a shotgun shell set up as well, but less accurate past 100-200yds. The hardest part(ie most costly, part wise 100-300$) would be making a controller chip that links the information from the range finder and the users set distance to a RF transmitter to set off the trigger at the predefined distance. If you had the cash, a capable workshop you could make a shot gun version for about 1500$ at the most. But you would only be able to make an incendiary with thermate as we can't make weapons grade explosives in the US without some permit i would guess. You could melt an engine block at 100 yards though.

I read about those a couple of years back. They are pretty neet. The bullet can be programed to explode before the target, upon impact or after the target. It's packed with high explosives like a HE grenade. They can do away with the granade launcher and have the 2 in one riffle.

The Patch Is From 3rd ACR Out Of Ft. Carson...And In No Way Resembles A Baphomet