Although we all know that war is bad, there is something inherently cool about all those weapons and military grade gadgets that see service on today's battlefield, the Integrated Spotter Scope system, designed in order to assist snipers with hitting their targets, being one of those technologies that seems to capture our attention.

Since I am sure that most of you played a FPS at least once in your lifetime, you know how hard it is to shoot a target when there is some distance between the two of you.

Well, things are even more difficult in real life, since snipers have to take into consideration factors like wind speed, curvature of the earth, humidity as well as distance. 

So, although these are highly trained individuals, taking a target out is particularly demanding when there is some distance between the two, especially when one shoot is all that you get.

The Integrated Spotter Scope however, can handle all those calculations without human input and can provide its users with point offset corrections that will make sure snipers hit their targets each and every time without requiring a second shot.

Reports say this solution developed by Lockheed and DARPA can be accurate up to 3,600, quite an impressive range if you ask me, a first version of this system having been already put to the test, although apparently it was to big and bulky for snipers to carry around with them, so a new version is scheduled to begin testing sometime in October 2011. (via slashgear)