An artificial intelligence assisted dispersal weapon. This new Israeli team is controversial or rather its aiming system controlled by an AI. Developed by the Smart Shooter company, the Smash viewer will equip crowd dispersal systems at checkpoints in Hebron, a Palestinian city in the West Bank.
This project presented by the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz is in the testing phase. Your goal is to detect the movements of the crowd and shoot very accurately at people who are considered to be at higher risk. On the other hand, the projectiles used during the test phase will not be lethal. They won’t even be rubber bullets, but foam bullets, as an Israeli army spokesman said Ha’aretz. He could then throw stun grenades or smoke bombs.
A smart viewer
The concern of human rights organizations is that these flash balls could be combined with facial recognition cameras already installed at roadblocks in Hebron. Ha’aretz also remember that Tsahal uses drones capable of targeting an individual detected by artificial intelligence and shooting from a distance. last year the Washington Post revealed that the Israeli army had created a database with photos taken by soldiers with smartphones equipped with a technology called Blue Wolf.
The Smart Shooter technology is not new, although it will be the first time it has been used in police operations. The Smash sight equips weapons used by the military. These sights would allow any shooter to become an experienced sniper. Even in situations of extreme fatigue or intense stress. Similar to fighter aircraft firing systems, the projectile hits the locked-on target from a distance. They are used by the Israeli army, but also by the US Marines.
killer drones
This system also equips ground or aerial drones equipped with assault or precision rifles or anti-tank missile launchers. At Eurosatory, Roboteam, an American manufacturer of tactical robots, presented a mini armored vehicle equipped with this remote firing device. Other versions have been developed for Steadicopter unmanned helicopters or quadcopter drones for antidrone combat.
The use of drones for shooting is being studied in several countries. The Turkish company Asisguard has already developed Songar, a drone armed with a machine gun. The shot is adjusted by cameras and by a laser rangefinder that calculates distance, angle and wind speed. It could be operational in a few months.
France is also working on these new weapons. The DGA announced the Avatar program launched by the Defense Innovation Agency (AID). It is a quadcopter drone equipped with an HK-416 assault rifle for human-controlled remote firing on targets over a hundred meters away.
Source: BFM TV
