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Hellfire II missile exposed through a transparent casing, showing laser homing guidance system in front, copper cone shaped charge explosive in middle, propulsion in the rear. Produced: 2003–2018 [45] Target: Buildings, soft-skinned targets, ship-borne targets; Range: 12,000 yd (11,000 m) Guidance: Semi-active laser homing; Millimeter-wave ...
A laser designator is a laser light source which is used to designate a target. Laser designators provide targeting for laser-guided bombs, missiles, or precision artillery munitions, such as the Paveway series of bombs, AGM-114 Hellfire, or the M712 Copperhead round, respectively. When a target is marked by a designator, the beam is invisible ...
The GBU-53/B StormBreaker, previously known as the Small Diameter Bomb II, is an American air-launched, precision-guided glide bomb. [8] Development was started in 2006 for a 250 pounds (113 kg) class bomb that can identify and strike mobile targets from standoff distances in all weather conditions. It is integrated on the F-15E Strike Eagle [1 ...
Infrared homing (AGM-65D/G/F) Semi-active laser homing (AGM-65E) Charge-coupled device (AGM-65H/K) Mach 0.93: AGM-88 HARM: Radiation homing: Mach 1.9: AGM-158 JASSM: Global Positioning System: Subsonic: AGM-84 Harpoon: Active radar homing: Mach 0.72: AGM-114 Hellfire: Semi-active laser homing (AGM-114K/M/N/P/R) Active radar homing (AGM-114L ...
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System. The AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is a design conversion of Hydra 70 unguided rockets with a laser guidance kit to turn them into precision-guided munitions (PGMs). [ 7 ] APKWS is approximately one-third the cost and one-third the weight of the current inventory of laser-guided ...
A precision-guided munition (PGM), also called a smart weapon, smart munition, or smart bomb, is a guided munition intended to hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets. [1] During the Persian Gulf War guided munitions accounted for only 9% of weapons fired, but accounted for 75% of all ...
Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile, among other variants, are common slang terms to describe high-caliber shoulder-mounted weapons systems; that is, weapons firing large, heavy projectiles ("missiles"), typically using the backblast principle, which are small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder.
Feds are cracking down. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – In the basement research lab of the agency that regulates America's firearms, two dozen 3D printers hummed, stringing thermoplastic filament into ...