Laser-guided bomb
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A laser-guided bomb 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 Vie
A GBU-10 shortly before it strikes a small boat during a training exercise
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
Laser-guided bomb
…10 feet (3.0 m) of the target. This greatly exceeded the design requirements. It was commissioned by the USAF in 1967 and two different types, the BOLT-117, and the Paveway I completed a combat evaluation in Vietnam from May to August 1968. Without the existence of tracking pods the Weapon Systems Officer…
BOLT-117 on display
A 497th TFS F-4D with two BOLT-117s at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1971.