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
Paveway is a series of laser-guided bombs.
Laser-guided bomb
…United States in the early 1960s. The United States Air Force (USAF) issued the first development contracts in 1964, leading to the development of the Paveway series, which was used operationally in the Vietnam War starting in 1968. Originally the project began as a surface-to-air missile seeker developed by…
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