The new cartridge with the code name EXACTO (Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance). Developed under 12.7 mm, reports TASS referring to the newspaper Stars and Stripes, which published excerpts from the report of the Office of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA). DARPA experts believe that this development is unique.
According to the publication, in the reports containing the results of the two tests carried out at the beginning of this year. Shots were fired intentionally by the target. However, in at least one case, according to the video, the bullet hit the target.
According to the newspaper, the project is strictly classified. How is the adjustment of the trajectory of a bullet, moving faster than the speed of sound, it is not clear even to specialists. DARPA and other parts of the Pentagon declined to comment.
According to the newspaper, in the summer of the second stage of the program, during which the development was made "a number of improvements." The goal of the current phase - "further refinement" and field firing to check "system as a whole."
