"Bats" ? New military weapon available for deployment in Iraq area

[dxkj]

I recently heard from a friend in the military about a new weapon called Bats


A missile is fired low over the battlefield where there are enemy and friendly tanks, a number of bats are deployed from the missile, and they hover in the air, communicate to each other (and other bats from other missiles for however as many are fired) and they each pick a unique Tank target, and can tell which ones are friendlies and which ones arent. Then each one goes to a tank and destroys it, again one per target so no waste..


thats kinda scary 🙁 anyone have a link Im still looking

 

[Swag1138]

That sounds FRIGGEN AWESOME!!

I want one!

 

[dxkj]

Its a pretty high tech weapon, probably costs a ton to use, a nice computer in each of those puppies, but damn, thats too sweet.... This pretty much rules out tanks being used a lot in the future doesnt it? Or maybe they alerady arent used a ton?

 

[AndrewR]

Brilliant Anti-Tank = BAT munition.

Here's a desciption from those anti-American Global Security b@stards.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
Brilliant Anti-Tank = BAT munition.

Here's a desciption from those anti-American Global Security b@stards.

Anti-American??? 😕

There's also another type of cruise missile loiters over a target area and fires rounds downward through the thinner top turret armor. I can't remember what those are called, though.

 

[Aceshigh]

This is badass!! Very cool.

 

[OFFascist]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
Here's a desciption from those anti-American Global Security b@stards.

I didnt know that Global Security was "anti-American," I thought John Pike and a few others left FAS.org to start global security, because they thought that they were getting too political.

 

[dpm]

I thought that BATs got cancelled? The last I heard they had passed tests being launched by predator drones, but that funding got cut anyway. (I used to work for a company involved in making them)