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The BOLT-117 featured a KMU-342 laser guidance and control kit attached to M117 750-pound bomb. The guidance system and control fins were adapted from the AGM-45 Shrike missile. The BOLT-117 was discontinued in favor of the more powerful 2,000 pounds (910 kg) GBU-10 Paveway .
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In 1962, the US Army began research into laser guidance systems and by 1967 the USAF had conducted a competitive evaluation leading to full development of the world's first laser-guided bomb, the BOLT-117, in 1968. All such bombs work in much the same way, relying on the target being illuminated, or "painted," by a laser target designator on ...
A GBU-10 shortly before it strikes a small boat during a training exercise. A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb.
The first LGB was the BOLT-117. [54] In 1969, TI won the Harpoon (missile) Seeker contract. In 1986, TI won the Army FGM-148 Javelin fire-and-forget man portable antitank guided missile in a joint venture with Martin Marietta. In 1991, TI was awarded the contract for the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon. [55]
Earlier designs of guided bombs such as the BOLT-117 were quickly superseded by the Paveway series of add-on kits for conventional bombs. GBU-12 bombs entered service in 1976 [ 3 ] and are produced (along with the balance of the Paveway series) by defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon .
An F-100D of the 308th TFS, being loaded with Mk 117 750 lb bombs at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam, in early 1966 The M117 is an air-dropped demolition bomb [ 1 ] used by United States military forces . The weapon dates back to the Korean War of the early 1950s.
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