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	Laser-guided bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a precision-guided munition (PGM) that uses semi-active laser homing to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than a free-fall bomb.
		These weapons, such as the USAF Enhanced Paveway, use laser designation for precision attacks, but contain an inertial navigation system with GPS receiver for back-up, so that if the target illumination is lost or broken, the weapon will continue to home in on the GPS coordinates of the original target.
		During their 1981 raid on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak, the Israeli Air Force chose to use unguided Mk 84 bombs rather than laser-guided weapons because they felt the need to designate the target would leave the attackers unacceptably vulnerable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laser-guided_bomb (1039 words)

	Precision-guided munition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Precision-guided munitions (smart munitions or smart bombs) are self-guiding weapons intended to maximize damage to the target while minimizing "collateral damage".
		The reliability of precision-guided munitions appears to have fallen somewhat short of the promises made by the US Department of Defense.
		The first successful experiments with guided bombs were conducted during World War II when television-guided bombs, flare sighted bombs and other steerable munitions were developed.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Precision-guided_munition (919 words)

	M395 Precision-Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)
		The 120mm Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) will provide the battalion with a lethal, surgical strike capability to destroy high value targets beyond line of sight direct fire weapons.
		The PGMM is a multi-mission, multi-mode precision munition capable of defeating high value point targets at double the range of conventional 120mm mortar ammunition (12km required, 15km desired).
		The munition provides a man-in-the-loop discrimination option, in which the round guides toward laser-designated targets when specific target selection is critical.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/pgmm.htm (1131 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Research and development of an "adverse weather precision guided munition" began in 1992.
		Adverse weather conditions limited employment of precision guided munitions.
		On September 10, 2003, a B-2 Spirit bomber successfully released eighty (80) inert 500 pound (230 kg) JDAM munitions on a single sortie, demonstrating a saturation precision attack capability not thought possible in the early days of smart weapons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/JDAM (804 words)

	mok_pgm.htm
		Although precision-guided munitions (PGMs), ranging from laser-guided bombs to Tomahawk cruise missiles, represented only a fraction of the total ordinance used in Iraq, the effect they had was electric.
		The development of accurate precision-guided munitions was not revolutionary, but an evolutionary process that took the course of half a century.
		Regardless of whether or not precision-guided munitions are part of a larger revolution in military, the implications of precision-guided munitions for the US military are significant.
	www.georgetown.edu /sfs/programs/stia/students/vol.03/mok_pgm.htm (5061 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -GBU10
		Background: Precision-guided munitions (PGM) can trace their origins back to World War Two.
		The first truly precision-guided munitions did not appear until the Vietnam War.
		The GBU-10 Paveway represents the next phase in precision-guided munition (PGM) technology.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=GBU10&cat=o&lev=2 (679 words)

	NDM Article - Army Initiates Study to Measure Value of Precision-Guided Weapons
		The munitions to be evaluated in the study include the 120 mm precision-guided mortar, a mid-range munition now in development for the FCS, a 155 mm high-energy round with a course-corrected fuze, the Excalibur 155 mm satellite-guided
		projectile, the precision-attack and loitering-attack missiles also in development for the FCS, the guided multiple launch rocket system, the unitary-warhead version of the Army tactical missile, the advanced precision kill weapon system for 2.75-inch rockets, the Viper munition for UAVs, and the joint common missile, now in development to eventually replace the Hellfire.
		What mixes of precision munitions satisfy the requirements, and what are the approximate quantities of each munition for the mixes.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Nov/Precision-GuidedWeapons.htm (823 words)

	Sea Power: Ghosts in the Machine: The Human Link in Precision Strike 'Kill Chain'
		Information helps precision-guided munitions find and kill their targets, but it also saves lives by building a more complete picture of friendly and enemy forces.
		Bringing precision firepower to bear in the densely packed Iraqi urban centers presented a major challenge to coalition command and control and necessitated the presence of human operators to guide the "end game" of a strike mission.
		While the term "precision strike" conjures high technology - GPS satellites and laser target designators guiding smart weapons straight through the eye of a needle - there is an often-overlooked human aspect.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200407/ai_n9458662 (1496 words)

	Precision guided antiaircraft munition - Patent 4678142
		The guided projectile is fired from a standard weapon but the spining caused by the riflings are removed before active tracking and guidance occurs.
		Another object of the present invention is a guided projectile that has a lower minimum range, has a greater chance of survival against counter measures, has a higher fire rate, and has a lower launch signature.
		One type is the shoulder fired guided missile which is either guided by a laser designator or a trailing wire.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4678142.html (1800 words)

	'Smart bombs' move to center stage in US arsenal csmonitor.com
		Still, laser-guided bombs are the most frequently used precision-guided munition, and today's version has been upgraded with better sensors and more stable tracking.
		In the current conflict, 70 percent of the bombs are likely to be precision-guided munitions.
		Eight years later, in the Kosovo campaign of 1999, 98 percent of munitions dropped by American planes during air attacks on Serbian forces were precision munitions.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0320/p06s01-woiq.htm (981 words)

	News Headings
		IAF’s Mirage-2000 and other aircraft used the precision guided munition, improvised by the WAC specifically for the operations in the Kargil sector, to further completely destroy the targets on Tiger Hill which had also been pounded yesterday.
		The precision guided munition however allowed the IAF to target these positions with accuracy and telling effect.
		The IAF jets, according to reports, also carried out precision guided munition attacks, which include the laser guided weapons, on some other targets in the region.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jun26/head1.htm (817 words)

	Precision-Guided Missile/Munitions
		A munition capable of locating, identifying, and maneuvering to engage a point target with an accuracy sufficient to yield a high probability of destruction.
	www.sec.army.mil /arat/ARAT/ARAT_information/arat_terms/pgm.htm (33 words)

	Articles - Bomb
		Modern bombs, precision-guided munitions, may be guided after they leave an airplane by remote control, by autonomous guidance or (in the case of nuclear weapons) mounted on a guided missile.
		Some bombs are equipped with a parachute, such as the World War Two "parafrag" (an 11kg {25pd} fragmentation bomb), the Vietnam-era daisy cutters, and the bomblets of some modern cluster bombs.
	www.advicez.com /articles/Bomb (1165 words)

	Volcano Artillery Guided Munition
		Firing tests of the new extended range ammunition were performed in May 2004, testing the Volcano extended range precision guided munition.
		Initial production of the Phase I (unguided) version is expected for 2007 while the follow-on guided version is scheduled to follow by 2011.
		The Volcano is designed for 155/52 howitzers with all modular charges in service with German and Italian Armies, as well as 127mm naval guns, in service with the Dutch and Italian Navies.
	www.defense-update.com /products/v/volcano.htm (85 words)

	XM395 PGMM precision mortar munition
		M395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) is under development at ATK.
		On the terminal phase, a semi-active laser homing seeker acquires the target and guide the munition to impact.
		Using such munitions could increase the future effective range from 0.5 up to 15km.
	www.defense-update.com /products/x/xm395.htm (264 words)

	Stealth fighters use new munitions to hit Baghdad
		3/22/2003 - OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth fighters struck five strategic targets in Baghdad on March 21 using a new precision-guided munition, the EGBU-27, as coalition forces shifted the Operation Iraqi Freedom air campaign into high gear.
		The Air Force defined a need for a satellite-guided capability for the stealth fighter after Operation Allied Force and the Air Force acquisition community rapidly developed, tested and fielded the EGBU-27, added officials.
		The enhanced bomb gives this deep-strike fighter the ability to precisely hit a target in all kinds of weather and the upgrade came just in time, said officials.
	www.af.mil /news/story_print.asp?storyID=32203128 (352 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		LRLAP is a rocket-assisted, precision-guided munition designed to give the Navy’s next-generation destroyer, DD(X), a responsive fire-support capability of up to 100 nautical miles.
		Meantime, Raytheon is moving ahead with component testing of the ERGM and expects to have land-based guided flight tests of the munition in late summer.
		As problems continue to plague the Extended-Range Guided Munition (ERGM) program, work is moving forward on the long-range land-attack projectile (LRLAP) to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with extended range and volume of fire support.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/jul_04_23.php (732 words)

	Northrop Grumman Corporation - Defining the Future
		Viper Strike is a gliding munition capable of stand-off precision attack using GPS-aided navigation and a semi-active laser seeker.
		The first phase of the contract will demonstrate the use of the SOPGM from the gunship and begin development of operations concepts, and launcher and battle-management systems to optimize use of the precision munition.
		Northrop Grumman's Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of defense and commercial electronic systems, including airborne radars, navigation systems, electronic countermeasures, precision weapons, airspace management systems, communications systems, space systems, marine systems, oceanic and naval systems, government systems, and logistics services.
	www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=84467 (360 words)

	C4ISRJournal.com - Long-range Navy gun round fired Long-range Navy gun round fired -
		A final engineering flight test of the first precision-guided munition for the U.S. Navy’s shipboard Mk 45 5-inch gun took place Feb. 16.
		The guided round, designated EX 171, is 5 feet long and 5 inches in diameter.
		Technical problems slowed the ERGM program in the past, but Navy plans now call for fielding the guided projectile in 2007.
	www.isrjournal.com /story.php?F=690165 (222 words)

	Smart mortar
		Smart rounds are still in their infancy and look like becoming an area of great interest worthy of special attention over the coming years as armies look to field increasing numbers of precision-guided weapons.
		The British Royal Ordnance 81mm Merlin millimetric radar guided round was one of the first- generation smart mortar rounds.
		It is thought highly likely that a mortar-launched version of the Franco-German Polypheme fibre-optic guided weapon may be developed.
	www.global-defence.com /2000/pages/mortar.html (891 words)

	MOAB - Mother Of All Bombs fact sheet
		The MOAB is a precision-guided munition weighing 21,500 pounds and was dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft for the test.
		Eglin Air Force Base, FL is home of the Air Armament Center (AAC).
	www.globemaster.de /html/moab.html (124 words)

	Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign - Appendix A
		Either a JDAM precision-guided munition (PGM) delivered by a B-2 bomber or a cruise missile was used in the attack.
		At least one JDAM precision-guided munition (PGM) dropped by a B-2 bomber was used in the attack, according to Air Force sources.
		An AGM-130 electro-optically guided precision-guided munition (PGM) was used in the F-15E Strike Eagle attack.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-02.htm (15700 words)

	NDM Article - U.S. Army Presses Ahead On Precision-Guided Artillery
		The program began in 1998 as part of the Pentagon’s effort to develop precision-guided munitions that can be fired from Army and Navy artillery pieces.
		Like Excalibur, TCM was intended to become an extended-range, precision-guided 155 mm projectile.
		Those munitions, however, subject their guidance systems to considerably less stress than artillery, he said.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2002/Oct/US_Army_Presses.htm (1798 words)

	ATK Awarded $23 Million Contract for Mid Range Munition
		ATK is also developing the Army's Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) and the Navy's Extended Range Munition (ERM).
		MRM is a precision-guided 120mm munition designed to defeat enemy targets at line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight ranges.
		Among those factors are: the challenges of developing next-generation precision weapon systems, changes in governmental spending and budgetary policies, economic conditions, the company's competitive environment, the timing of awards and contracts, the outcome of contingencies, and sales projections.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-21-2005/0003236135&EDATE= (442 words)

	NDM Article - Army Ponders Alternatives To Crusader Gun System
		•$48.3 million for the Excalibur family of precision-guided munitions, which is compatible with three existing artillery systems—the Paladin M-109A6 155 mm self-propelled howitzer and two towed guns, the British-made XM-777 lightweight 155 mm howitzer and the older, heavier M-198 155 howitzer.
		The Guided MLRS also can be launched from Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which is being tested by both the Army and the Marines.
		This new set of munitions would extend the Paladin’s range by 30 percent, Michael Wynne, principal deputy undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, told a Pentagon briefing.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2002/Sep/Army_Ponders.htm (2162 words)

	The Ultimate Resource for Combat Simulation and Strategy Gamers. (www.combatsim.com)
		It incorporates lethality and gun-hardened rocket motor and electronics technologies developed under ATK's XM1007 and Tank Extended Range Munition (TERM) precision-guided munition programs that are compatible with 105mm and 120mm gun systems.
		The Mid-Range Munition is among the first in a line of precision munitions being developed for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems, a key element in the service's transformation to the more lethal and rapidly deployed Objective Force.
		ATK is a $2.1 billion aerospace and defense company with leading positions in propulsion, composite structures, munitions, and precision capabilities.
	www.combatsim.com /memb123/cnews/printer2/2003-01-28p.htm (5752 words)

	Paris 2003: UK MoD chooses Paveway
		The announcement came just two months after the end of the war in Iraq, during which more Paveway laser-guided bombs (8,000-plus, including the first dual-mode Enhanced Paveway versions) were used than any other precision guided munition, according to the U.S.-led Central Air Forces Command.
		The UK Ministry of Defence has selected Raytheon to supply the latest dual-mode laser/GPS Paveway IV to meet its precision guided bomb (PGM) requirement.
		UK guided weapons of all kinds fired or dropped in Iraq totalled some 679.
	www.ainonline.com /Publications/paris/paris_03/pd2pavewaypg71.html (683 words)

	F-16.net :: The Ultimate F-16 Reference
		These two factors established the need for a precision guided munition for all weather conditions.
		The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance tail kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurate, all-weather guided bombs.
		He wanted an all weather precision guided bomb - something that didn't depend on good visibility like laser guided bombs.
	www.f-16.net /f-16_armament_article9.html (2836 words)

	CENTAF Releases Daily Airpower Summary
		The fighters successfully dropped a precision-guided munition against an access road used by insurgents.
		The B-52 successfully dropped precision-guided munitions, while the GR-7 successfully fired rockets against enemy positions.
		The A-10s marked the target with rockets and successfully dropped precision-guided munitions.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,83098,00.html?ESRC=airforcenews.RSS (369 words)

	Precision Guided Munitions
		The latest technology innovations and precision guided munition (PGM) expertise are now being leveraged into new Selective Availability / Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) and digital GPS Anti-Jamming (AJ) solutions.
		Rockwell Collins has a long history of providing reliable, accurate navigation products for precision guided missile and munitions systems.
		Rockwell Collins’ integrated GPS/Anti-Jam modules provide excellent A/J capability while maximizing design flexibility for a wide variety of missile and munitions systems.
	www.hf-radios.com /products/gov/page4819.html (145 words)

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