How Lasers Turn Dumb Rockets Into $28,500 Smart Missiles [Video]

70mm Hydra rockets have been a mainstay of the US military since the 1940s. They're less expensive and cause less collateral damage than, say, a Hellfire-sized ordnance. Problem is—they don't steer well, or rather, at all. A new laser-guidance upgrade from BAE Systems, however, is poised to make the Hydra-70 much agile and much more deadly. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0SIAWGdj7Ms/to-turn-dumb-warheads-into-smart-missiles-just-add-lasers

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