CIA's Silent Dart Gun Technology

Well, I, I, I don't think a, a suicide is usually accomplished with a dart,

uh, particularly a gun that can,

can, uh, place the dart in a human target in such a

way that he

doesn't even know that he's been hit.

There's no question about it. It was also for offensive reasons.

No question about it.

Have you brought with you, um,

some of those devices which would have enabled the CIA to

use this poison for-

We have indeed

... for killing

people?

Don't, don't point it at me.

I wonder if, if-

Let's get you a little bit over.

Little

bit

over.

Now,

does, does this, does this pistol, uh, fire

the dart?

Yes, it does, Mr. Chairman. The, uh, that, the round thing at the

top is obviously the sight. The rest of it is, uh, what is

practically a, uh, a normal .45, although it's, it's, it's

special.

It however, it works by electricity.

There's a battery in the handle, and it sh- fires a small

dart.

So that when it fires, it fires silently?

Almost silently, yes. Uh, ve- very little. Very little.

What range does it have?

I think it's 100 meters. 100 meters.

100 meters, I believe, about. About 100 yards, 100 meters.

About 100 meters range.

Right.

And the dart itself, when it strikes the, the, the, uh, target,

um,

does the, uh, target know that he's abou- he, he's been hit and about to die?

That depends, Mr. Chairman, on the particular dart used.

There are different kinds of these flechettes, uh, that were used in, in, uh,

various weapon system, and a special one was developed

which potentially would be able to, uh, enter the

target without perception.