This clandestine pistol is modified to:

-be electrically fired

-be extremely quiet

-shoot a deadly poison that emulates a heart attack and doesn’t show up on autopsies

-be capable of shooting a target without them realizing they’ve been shot

-work at 100 yards

Video of the hearing: [3:57] https://youtu.be/4m6dldvNECI?si=

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I genuinely don’t think ice will work as a dart. It’s very brittle and would likely explode leaving the barrel. 100m range fired from a pistol is a great shot with an actual bullet.

    The characteristics to fire from a barrel don’t jive with the characteristics to leave no trace as a dart. You’d want something that fills the barrel uniformly.

    A dart won’t likely pick up the spin required. The back end is heavier, giving it weird flight trajectories.

    The more I think about it, the more implausible it becomes.

    The idea that there’s no trace other than a red mark? Nothing about it makes any sense.

    Edit: Never mind how light it would be! The mass is so low, this thing, even in tact would likely fly away. That 100m claim and idiotic scope on it make it even less likely.

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      10 months ago

      It could have been fin or conically stabilized. Like a rocket or shuttlecock.

      There’s a lot of information we might assume about this that we shouldn’t take for granted.

      Also it being real and not working well is a possibility. Look at the CIA’s success rate at getting Castro.

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      10 months ago

      A sabot solves a lot of the problems you list. It fills the barrel and imparts spin from the rifling. I also doubt the range claims, though.