The weapon, which Raytheon has named the Pike, is 17 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. It weighs less than two pounds and slightly more than an average grenade. What makes this different from your average grenade, you might be wondering. Besides the laser guidance system, it has three times the power of a grenade and can take out walls.
“Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and slow-moving, mid-range targets,” said J. R. Smith, Raytheon’s Advanced Land Warfare Systems director, in a statement. “This new guided munition can provide the warfighter with precision, extended-range capability never before seen in a hand-held weapon on the battlefield.”
During two recent tests in Texas, the Pike munitions traveled more than 2,300 yards (2.1 km) and successfully landed in the target area, Raytheon announced Monday. As noted by the Washington Post, the average grenade travels some 150 yards (0.1 km). Additionally, the company said the Pike is “nearly smokeless” as it travels through the air, making it much more difficult for enemies to detect as it zooms towards them.
One of the Pike’s key features is its semi-active laser seeker, which helps it find and stay on its course. According to Smith, the missile can detect laser heat off of its intended target, and the launcher does not even need to have his or her laser settled on a target before firing the weapon.
Raytheon isn’t finished with the Pike, either. Future plans involve making it capable of firing from small boats, all-terrain vehicles and drones. It isn’t being built according to any Army guidelines, but military representatives have made their interest known. So far, Raytheon has funded this project, but it looks like it might start to pay off soon.
Now, if we can just prevent Obama from giving these to the ‘Syrian rebels’.
Source: rt.com
I want one for isis and isreal
Just get rid of him!!!