Russia has a new rifle.

Supposedly capable of 5-7KM range according to the article.

https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/332377-russia-creates-7km-range-sniper-rifle/amp

I'm going to go straight to B.S. unless they can prove it 100%! Plus it's Russian, need I say more?!

I was actually thinking about this whole thing and maybe someone else can help.

The .50 is to small, it's just not big enough to hold the components needed to get the job done. Although a few years ago, a company made a steerable .50 round and it was proven to work!

I would think that a 20mm (Anzio makes a bolt action 20mm) would be the smallest that you could put some kind of laser tracking system on board. Then make the round two or three sections to hold everything.

By making the round into separate sections, you could make the main body ride the rifling and spin freely from the other sections. The other sections don't spin and have less forces impacting them. That would mean less interference/problems from the whole round spinning.

Then use a drone, the drone would fly out in front of the sniper team searching for targets. Once found, the drone would laze the target, send info back to the team that would activate the round. Then when ready, the shooter would fire and the drone would guide the round to the laser pointer on target.

I don't think this idea is that far out with current technology, what does everyone else think?

There is Tracking Point that basically shows you where to hold to hit your target.

https://www.tracking-point.com/