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In 1985, Pakistan Air Force selected ATLIS-II for its F-16 aircraft, making it the first non-European operator of this system. ATLIS-II pod is carried on the 5L intake station on the F-16. Over the years precision targeting using ATLIS has been a distinct phenomenon over-viewed regularly in PAF’ s
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or other guided weapons from the designating aircraft or other, friendly forces. Because it is designed for use by single-seat aircraft, it has a novel automatic lock-on feature, which keeps the laser focused on the target without further operator intervention (using an
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operational exercises. In the recent PAF operations in Global War on Terrorism, ATLIS-II was extensively used for precision targeting.
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with a television camera. The pilot or weapon systems officer uses the crosshairs to mark a target, which can then be attacked with
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The pod is limited in being primarily a daylight/clear-weather system. It was briefly replaced by the more capable Thomson-CSF
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system, it can generally keep the laser on target even if the beam is temporarily interrupted by clouds).
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missile, and even with some Russian bombs and guided weapons.
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laser
electro-optical
fighter bomber
attack aircraft
1976
1980
Armée de l'Air
SEPECAT Jaguar
Mirage 2000
laser designator
boresighted
laser-guided bombs
inertial guidance
SEPECAT Jaguar
Mirage F1
Mirage 2000
Mirage 2000N
Pakistani F-16s

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