article_snippet.sent: (CNN)You know the phrase "dodging a bullet"?
article_snippet.sent: The U.S. military said this week The U.S. military has made great progress in The U.S. military effort to develop a self-steering bullet.
article_snippet.sent: In February, the "smart bullets" -- .50-caliber projectiles equipped with optical sensors -- passed the "smart bullets" --
article_snippet.sent: .50-caliber projectiles most successful round of live-fire tests to date, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.
article_snippet.sent: In the tests, an experienced marksman "repeatedly hit moving and evading targets," a DARPA statement said.
article_snippet.sent: Additionally," a DARPA statement said, "a novice shooter using the system for the first time hit a moving target.
article_snippet.sent: In other words, now you don't even have to be a good shot to hit the mark.
article_snippet.sent: Videos supplied by DARPA show the bullets making sharp turns in midair as Videos supplied by DARPA pursue Videos supplied by DARPA targets.
article_snippet.sent: It all conjures up images of a cartoon character frantically fleeing a bullet that follows him wherever him goes.
article_snippet.sent: Only, the bullets are traveling at hundreds of miles per hour.
article_snippet.sent: DARPA says the bullets will also help shooters who are trying, for example, to hit targets in high winds.
highlights_snippet.sent: .50-caliber bullets equipped with optical sensors can follow moving targets .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The "smart bullets" can help shooters compensate for high winds .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The goal of  the program is to give shooters greater range and make American troops safer .