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The KAB-500Kr [1] [2] (Correctable air bomb - 500 kg) is an electro-optical TV-guided fire and forget bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force in the 1980s. It remains in service with the CIS and various export customers. The seeker employs a gimballed daylight television imaging sensor under a wide angle glass dome.
A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb. First developed by the United States during the Vietnam War , laser-guided bombs quickly proved their value in precision strikes of difficult point targets.
GBU-10 shortly before it impacts a small boat during a training exercise. In 1962, the US Army began research into laser guidance systems and by 1967 the USAF had conducted a competitive evaluation leading to full development of the world's first laser-guided bomb, the BOLT-117, in 1968.
In World War II, guided missiles were first developed, as part of the German V-weapons program. [2] Project Pigeon was American behaviorist B.F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-guided bomb. The first U.S. ballistic missile with a highly accurate inertial guidance system was the short-range PGM-11 Redstone. [3]
The first successful electro optical guided munition was the AGM-62 Walleye during the Vietnam war. It was a family of large glide bombs which could automatically track targets using contrast differences in the video feed. The original concept was created by engineer Norman Kay while tinkering with televisions as a hobby.
The "Spice" guided bomb features technology not typically seen in most EO-guided bombs, such as the GBU-15.It combines the advantages of satellite guidance, allowing it to engage camouflaged and hidden targets, to provide a "drop-and-forget" option for several such targets simultaneously and operate in all weather and lighting conditions, and those of electro-optical guidance, such as the ...
The company was established on February 25, 1976, under the name Goldstar Precision Industries (Korean: 금성정밀공업; Hanja: 金星精密工業; RR: Geumseong Jeongmil Gongeop) as a subsidiary of Goldstar Electronics (now LG Electronics).
The Harop operator can select static or moving targets detected by the aircraft's electro-optical (EO) sensor. [1] The IAI Harop has an endurance of over 6 hours of flight and a range of 200 km. IAI developed a smaller version of the Harop for more tactical missions and ranges, naming the product Mini Harop.