BOLT-117
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The Texas Instruments BOLT-117, retrospectively redesignated as the GBU-1/B was the world's first laser-guided bomb. It consisted of a standard M117 750-pound bomb case with a KMU-342 laser guidance a
BOLT-117 on display
A 497th TFS F-4D with two BOLT-117s at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1971.
Paveway
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Paveway is a series of laser-guided bombs.
BOLT-117
…m) to within 10 feet (3.0 m) of the target. This greatly exceeded the design requirements. It was commissioned by the USAF in 1967. The BOLT-117 and Paveway I (based on the more streamlined Mk 84 2,000-pound bomb) underwent combat evaluation with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Southeast Asia from May to…
A Paveway III seeker head, at the Royal Air Force Museum London in Hendon, London.
Paveway III at ILA airshow 2006
Top to bottom: A Paveway II computer control group, an Enhanced GBU-12, and a Laser-Guided Training Round, at the Paris Air Show 2007
US Navy 030129 N 5362F 001 Aviation Ordnanceman assembles a 500 pound GBU 12 bomb