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Title: [RSS]US Soldiers Using Sniper Detecting Microphones (video)
Post by: Feed Bot on February 26, 2011, 12:21:54 PM

US Soldiers Using Sniper Detecting Microphones (video)

Small lightweight microphones are saving the lives of US soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shoulder Worn Acoustic Targeting Systems (SWATS), developed by defense company QinetiQ, use shockwave and muzzle blast noise to locate enemy gunfire . A single shot is all it takes to give the soldier the bearing and distance to the sniper [...]

Source: US Soldiers Using Sniper Detecting Microphones (video) (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SingularityHub/~3/WtP0em56FEE/)