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'''StarChase''' is the trade name of a [[Less than lethal|less-than-lethal]] vehicle [[tagging system]] developed early in 2006 to tag, track and locate a fleeing vehicle of interest to police. Its components consist of an [[electronic tag]] in the form of a small, cylindrical projectile with the end covered in a viscous, industrial strength adhesive, which contains a battery-operated [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] tracker and [[Quad-band|Quad-Band]] transmitter (powered by a 1300 mAh [[dry cell]]), fired by compressed air from a small launcher on the front grille of a police car.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://starchase.com/assets/downloads/StarChase%20Tech%20Specification%20Sheets%20UPDATED.pdf|title=StarChase Tech Specification Sheets – UPDATED|last=|first=|date=10 Sep 2015|website=StarChase|publisher=StarChase LLC|location=PO Box 10057, Virginia Beach, VA 23450|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226002647/https://starchase.com/assets/downloads/StarChase%20Tech%20Specification%20Sheets%20UPDATED.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2019|access-date=26 Dec 2019}}</ref> In 2013, the system was available in four US states — [[Iowa]], [[Florida]], [[Arizona]] and [[Colorado]] — and cost $5,000 to install, each bullet costing $500.<ref name=bbc-2013oct29>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24731080 "GPS bullets are latest weapon for American police; It sounds like something out of a James Bond movie - GPS bullets that can track the location of a suspect's car"]. [[BBC]], 29 October 2013.</ref> The system was developed to reduce the need for, and the inherent danger of [[Car chase#In reality|high speed pursuits]].