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SMASH Hopper builds on the inherent capabilities of the SMASH 2000, giving the operator the ability to configure the turret to automatically scan and then lock onto targets and then give the command to fire. The user can also manually operate the turret, if desired. All of this can be done using a tablet-type device, either physically connected to the turret via a cable or via a wireless connection.
An even lighter remotely operated system, SMASH Hopper Light, is also available with many of the same capabilities. It uses a special proprietary tripod and has a more limited field of fire than the standard SMASH Hopper when deployed, but can be carried and positioned by one person.
Smart Shooter promotional images show SMASH Hopper and SMASH Hopper Light equipped with AR-15 / M16 5.56mm pattern carbines. Their product material says that the full-size system, at the very least, can also accommodate 7.62mm caliber weapons based on the Stoner SR-25 pattern rifle.
As such, it is certainly possible that the strike team installed a remotely operated turret, such as the SMASH Hopper, on the Nissan pickup and operated it remotely from somewhere nearby, or even configured it to operate in a mode of semi-autonomous shooting. , although that seems less likely. Of course, it is equally possible, if not much more plausible, that Iran, embarrassed that a leading nuclear scientist was assassinated in broad daylight in the center of the country, is effectively claiming that the assassination was successful only because its enemies employed ” a method “as Shamkhani said.
It is also possible that both scenarios are partially true. That this new technology was exploited as part of the coup, but that the royal hitman was also involved in making sure that Iran’s esteemed scientist did not live to see another day. Many times, some type of detour can be beneficial in these types of attacks. Having a vehicle ahead opening fire with a remote cannon turret would certainly qualify for such a deviation.
All that said, the Iranian government has yet to provide hard evidence to back up any of the reported chains of events that led to Fakhrizadeh’s death, whether the attack involved some sort of remote-controlled turret or not. Whether or not such additional information, including alleged images of the weapons used in the attack, will emerge remains to be seen, given the broad consensus, within Iran and elsewhere, that Israel was responsible, regardless of method.
It’s still important to note that the idea that Fakhrizadeh was killed in a remote-controlled ambush of some kind is not entirely out of the question. Precisely, this type of capacity exists, and not in a very heavy form, and is in fact manufactured in Israel. This could be one more reason for Iranian officials to point to this technology as the culprit for the murder, regardless of any evidence that it was actually present or not.
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