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watching these phones, whether or not they are using encrypted apps,' he said. The
Ukrainians then block Russian phones from their local networks at key moments, further jamming their communications. 'Then you suddenly see Russian soldiers grabbing cell phones off Ukrainians on the street, raiding repair shops for sims,' he said. 'This is not sophisticated stuff. It’s quite puzzling."
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and flare sights, by which the bomb would be steered until the flare superimposed the target. The camera bombs transmitted a "bomb's eye view" of the target back to a controlling aircraft. An operator in this aircraft then transmitted control signals to steerable fins fitted to the bomb. Such weapons
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Key features of the MTAR shell include extended range against moving targets, precision guidance and navigation without GPS, subsystem modularity, subsystem maturity, weapon system compatibility, restricted altitude, all-weather capability, reduced time of flight, and affordability. The new munition
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effects. The engine is of reduced smoke design, with IM properties. It is connected to the rear section by a roll bearing that enables it to rotate in flight. There are four small stabilising surfaces at the very rear of the missile in front of the exhaust nozzle that ensures stable flight. Roketsan
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Persian Gulf War guided munitions accounted for only 9% of weapons fired, but accounted for 75% of all successful hits. Despite guided weapons generally being used on more difficult targets, they were still 35 times more likely to destroy their targets per weapon
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The U.S. Navy leads development for a new 155 mm (6.1 in) artillery round called Moving Target
Artillery Round, capable of destroying moving targets in GPS-denied environments". The Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWC Dahlgren), and the
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is also an IR imaging "drop and forget" guided bomb that has been reported to be considerably cheaper than laser-homing bombs and can be used by any aircraft, not requiring specialized wiring for a laser designator or for another aircraft to illuminate the target. During NATO's air campaign in 1999
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configurations, a laser guidance package is added to a GPS/INS-guided weapon to increase its overall accuracy. Raytheon has developed the
Enhanced Paveway family, which adds GPS/INS guidance to their Paveway family of laser-guidance packages. These "hybrid" laser and GPS guided weapons permit the
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European official: "instead of communicating solely through encrypted military-grade phones, Russian commanders are sometimes piggybacking on
Ukrainian cell phone networks to communicate, at times simply by using their Russian cell phones. 'The Ukrainians love it—there is so much data in simply
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on the ground or on an aircraft. They have the significant disadvantage of not being usable in poor weather where the target illumination cannot be seen, or where a target designator cannot get near the target. The laser designator sends its beam in a coded series of pulses so the bomb cannot be
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is the most common electro optical guided missile. As a heavy anti-tank missile it has among its various marks guidance systems such as electro-optical (AGM-65A), imaging infrared (AGM-65D), and laser homing (AGM-65E). The first two, by guiding themselves based on the visual or IR scene of the
2635:"Description the APKWS II is a design conversion of an unguided Hydra 2.75-inch rocket with a laser guidance kit to give it precision-kill capability. | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation"
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has developed a new launch pod and a new canister in which Cirit is delivered as an all-up round. The Cirit has a maximum effective guided range of 5.0 mi (8 km) with a high probability of hit on a 9.8 ft × 9.8 ft (3 m × 3 m) target at this range.
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The enhanced munition can navigate to a desired location, through a reference image used by the technology to reach the target. The PGK-M includes a collection of ad hoc software programmable radio networks, various kinds of wave-relay connectivity technologies and navigational
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The U.S. Army is planning for GPS-denied environments with the new
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Griffin conversion kit consists of a front "seeker" section and a set of steerable tailplanes. The resulting guided munition features "trajectory shaping", which allows the bomb to fall along a variety of trajectories – from a shallow angle to a vertical
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a television screen and place a "blip" on them to indicate where it was aiming. The first test of the weapon on 29 January 1963 was a success, with the weapon making a direct hit on the target. It served successfully for three decades until the 1990s.
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carriage of fewer weapons types, while retaining mission flexibility, because these weapons can be employed equally against moving and fixed targets, or targets of opportunity. For instance, a typical weapons load on an F-16 flying in the
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851:(CEP) is about 2.6 to 5.9 ft (0.8 to 1.8 m), while maximum ranges of rockets varies from the rockets used 0.93 to 4.97 mi (1.5 to 8 km). Ugroza allows rockets to be ripple-fired up to 7 at a time.
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3315:"Sweden and Switzerland, last customers of Strix 120mm mortar munition | October 2018 Global Defense Security army news industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2018 | Archive News year"
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decrease with distance due to an inverse cube law, even modest improvements in accuracy (hence reduction in miss distance) enable a target to be attacked with fewer or smaller bombs. Thus, even if some
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developed the VB-6 Felix, which used infrared to home on ships. While it entered production in 1945, it was never employed operationally. The first successful electro optical guided munition was the
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because the political climate was increasingly intolerant of civilian casualties, and because it was possible to strike difficult targets (such as bridges) effectively with a single mission; the
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to a target. Another system in development uses a laser range finder to trigger an explosive small arms shell in proximity to a target. The U.S. Army plans to use such devices in the future.
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warheads. Built with multiple redundant self-destruct mechanisms, these submunitions were specifically designed to fall outside the category of submunition weapons prohibited by the 2008
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in that the pilot can release the weapon and it will guide itself to the target without further input, which allows the delivery aircraft to manoeuvre to escape return fire. The Pakistani
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accurate, satellite-guided weapons are significantly more likely to achieve a successful strike in any given weather conditions than any other type of precision-guided munition.
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into a precision-guided weapon, respectively called SMKB-82 and SMKB-83. The kit provides extended range up to 31 mi (50 km) and are guided by an integrated
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into precision guided bombs. Spice can be preprogrammed, with up to 100 different targets it may have to engage during a mission. The one target it will
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system for guidance. This weapon can be employed in all weather conditions, without any need for ground support. Because it is possible to
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containing metal penetrator rods of various sizes. It was designed to attack targets where an explosive effect may be undesirable, such as
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to the nose of a JDAM-equipped bomb, enabling it to engage moving targets. The laser seeker is a cooperative development between
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light tank, the Shillelagh missile was fired out of the Sheridan's cannon to provide robust anti-tank capability. The Army's
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2140:(7 March 2022) Russian Officer Complains About Dead General and Comms Meltdown in Intercepted Call
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aircraft, but still performed well. Eventually over 28,000 were dropped during the war.
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Martin Caidin (1956). "Japanese Guided Missiles in World War II".
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3640:"Russia launches 'smart bullet' testing in guided flight regime"
3020:"Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM) HAMMER Air-to-Ground Missile"
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2855:"Taiwan develops 'anti-invasion' munitions against China"
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2081:. Air Power Studies Centre, Royal Australian Air Force
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3420:"Somebody's Popping off Laser-Guided Shells in Libya"
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2672:(18 September 1999). "Cheaply and effectively".
2487:. Dehradun. PTI. 20 October 2010. Archived from
639:when they were used by coalition forces against
3790:"World War II Glide Bombs" (Modern Glide Bombs)
2918:"DCI Statement on the Belgrade Chinese Embassy"
2905:B-2/Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) GBU-57A/B
2341:Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
1844:Armament Research and Development Establishment
1620:155 mm (6.1 in) artillery shell, the
1463:Armament Research and Development Establishment
182:intended to hit a specific target, to minimize
27:"Smart bombs", used to strike targets precisely
1506:Precision Guidance Kit – Modernization (PGK-M)
1081:is a series precision-guided munition used by
839:. The system upgrades the "dumb" rockets with
1858:Rheinmetall Denel Munitions 155 mm V-LAP
1542:Cannon and mortar-launched guided projectiles
1455:with a range up to 62 mi (100 km) .
1028:(JSOW), which make use of the United States'
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3333:"مهمات هوشمند و لیزری «بصیر» رونمایی شد+عکس"
2743:"CIRIT 2.75" Laser Guided Missile, Roketsan"
2721:. International Business Publications, USA.
2104:"Bursts of Brilliance - The Washington Post"
1433:low drag free-fall bombs to convert them to
441:) was reintroduced. They were equipped with
395:air-launched, rocket-powered, human-piloted
324:deploying the 3,100 lb (1,400 kg)
56:, which are uninformative and vulnerable to
3745:A Brief History of Precision Guided Weapons
3278:"KBP Instrument Design Bureau - Kitolov-2M"
1799:role against armoured vehicles. The SMArt
71:and maintains a consistent citation style.
1325:Hassas Güdüm Kiti / Precision Guidance Kit
935:. The multipurpose warhead has a combined
718:, or "Laser JDAMs" (LJDAMs), which add a
573:In 1962, the US Army began research into
113:Learn how and when to remove this message
2791:Factsheets: Joint Direct Attack Munition
2481:"India develops first Laser Guided Bomb"
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3765:"Fact File: Smart Bombs – not so Smart"
3755:BBC: "Smart bombs missed Iraqi targets"
2459:"U.S. Backs Israeli Munitions Upgrades"
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1122:– Taiwanese indigenous version of JDAM.
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2557:India develops first laser guided bomb
2246:"CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon (WCMD)"
1906:(SAL) guided 120 mm mortar shell.
1876:XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition
1622:XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition
1220:coupled to three satellites networks (
939:ammunition with enhanced behind armor
748:Aeronautical Development Establishment
3459:"KBP Instrument Design Bureau - Gran"
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2512:"India invents 1st Laser Guided Bomb"
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1036:GPS, the guidance package reverts to
796:Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
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343:, to successfully attack the Italian
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919:Cirit is a 2.8 in (70 mm)
414:, but had few successes; the German
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429:The U.S. programs restarted in the
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3780:"World War II Glide Bombs" (Part1)
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3006:"Safran Electronics & Defense"
2457:Opall-Rome, Barbara (3 May 2010).
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2285:, Volume 10, p. 1090, "Gargoyle".
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2337:"Martin Marietta AGM-62 Walleye"
2051:2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
1465:that is comparable with the US'
1355:Safran Electronics & Defense
912:smart bombs (with the option of
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2536:. Netindian.in. 21 January 2010
2406:"Opher bomb deployed in Kosovo"
1828:Convention on Cluster Munitions
772:are Russian laser-guided bombs.
495:Infrared-guided/electro-optical
3795:"Soviet/Russian Guided Bombs"
2182:Rob Picheta and Jack Guy, CNN
1927:electronically actuated bullet
1765:is an Iranian artillery fired
446:were used increasingly by the
426:attack dive from the fighter.
385:autonomous radar seeker system
194:Because the damage effects of
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3564:Kleiner, Kurt (6 June 2009).
3230:"USA 8"/55 (20.3 cm) Mark 71"
3205:"USA 5"/54 (12.7 cm) Mark 42"
2263:Fioravanzo, Giuseppe (1971).
2206:Fitzsimons, Bernard, editor.
1824:explosively formed penetrator
1644:U.S. Army Research Laboratory
1626:XM1156 Precision Guidance Kit
1523:Air Force Research Laboratory
1519:U.S. Army Research Laboratory
1494:U.S. Army Research Laboratory
1212:or 1,000-pound (450 kg)
1147:. Russian GLONASS-Guided Bomb
923:missile system fitted with a
716:Joint Direct Attack Munitions
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410:used similar techniques with
408:United States Army Air Forces
282:CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon
2715:Usa, Ibp (7 February 2007).
2325:, Volume 9, p. 926, "Felix".
2223:, Volume 10, p.1101, "GB-4".
1949:Sandia National Laboratories
1725:Pansarsprängvinggranat m/94
1570:5 in (127 mm) guns
1279:Joint Direct Attack Munition
1050:Joint Direct Attack Munition
1022:Joint Direct Attack Munition
984:Satellite navigation systems
3024:www.airforce-technology.com
2964:"Raytheon Enhanced Paveway"
2885:Israel Aerospace Industries
2609:"APKWS® laser-guidance kit"
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890:Israel Aerospace Industries
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3688:Small Arms Defense Journal
2762:, TR Defence, 13 July 2011
2560:, MSN News, archived from
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1734:currently manufactured by
1690:-assisted, semi-automatic
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1441:Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon
1363:inertial navigation system
1351:Armement Air-Sol Modulaire
1317:The HGK guidance kit (HGK)
1269:Advanced guidance concepts
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2510:Nitsi (21 October 2010).
2297:Journal of Jet Propulsion
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2077:Hallion, Richard (1995).
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1650:XM1111 Mid-Range Munition
1578:8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun
1413:bomb kit manufactured by
1367:Global Positioning System
1132:profile. IAI publishes a
1062:Global Positioning System
933:Insensitive Munition (IM)
878:Griffin Laser Guided Bomb
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160:precision-guided munition
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2881:"Laser-Guided Bomb Kits"
2335:Parsch, Andreas (2002).
2144:Federal Security Service
1917:Precision-guided firearm
1840:anti-tank guided missile
1660:semi-active laser homing
1572:and a program to mate a
1481:kit for target accuracy.
1459:High Speed Low Drag Bomb
1218:inertial guidance system
1102:semi-active laser homing
1078:High Speed Low Drag Bomb
1058:inertial guidance system
3706:25 October 2017 at the
3406:12 January 2020 at the
3319:www.armyrecognition.com
2426:9 November 2005 at the
2370:Naval Historical Center
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1042:Circular Error Probable
849:Circular error probable
845:laser target designator
778:is a family of Chinese
587:laser target designator
2440:"Britain's Small Wars"
2250:www.globalsecurity.org
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3095:Trevithick, Joseph.
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963:The Lockheed-Martin
566:, the world's first
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3608:on 20 December 2016
3465:on 12 November 2018
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3044:on 31 December 2014
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2675:Nezavisimaya Gazeta
2446:on 20 January 2011.
2395:on 20 October 2006.
2109:The Washington Post
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1976:fire-control system
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1709:fire control system
1288:Small Diameter Bomb
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412:Operation Aphrodite
397:Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
3545:on 5 February 2012
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3321:. 17 October 2018.
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2835:on 26 October 2012
2808:globalsecurity.org
2749:on 1 January 2009.
2641:on 7 November 2015
2589:on 24 October 2010
2564:on 23 October 2010
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