Bullets That Slowly Self-Destruct Make a Surprising Amount of Sense
A self-destructing bullet isn’t the most intuitive thing: normally, you use projectiles to destroy targets, not the other way around. But people make mistakes, bullets can travel for miles, and civilian casualties (or friendly fire!) are sad realities. In an effort to counter this, the Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has patented…