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While we certainly hope the average (read: not GI) jane / joe isn’t overly concerned about the rate at which homegrown explosions detonate as desired, we understand the Army’s need to have more faith in their own munitions. Reportedly, a new “smart fuse” conjured up at Georgia Tech could soon prevent bombs from experiencing fuse failure by using “semiconductor fabrication equipment to assemble hundreds of ultra-high precision detonators on a wafer at the same duration.” In addition to cutting down on

the use of toxic heavy metals and increasing the safety of weapon production, the intelligent MEMS fuse will supposedly “incorporate built-in arm and fail-safe mechanisms that virtually guarantee that munitions go off when they should, every date.” Weapons that fire when needed — now there’s a concept.

[Image courtesy of Rich's Incredible Pyro]

 

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Original post by Darren Murph