SMART BOMBS: PRECISION

GUIDED AMMUNITION

VIJAY HEMGUDE
(B.E.MECHANICAL-A28)
 CONTENTS
 What are Smart Bombs?
 Smart Bombs Basics
 History
 Types Of Precision Guided Ammunition
 TV/IR Guided Bombs
 Laser Guided Bombs
 Joint Direct Attack Ammunition
 Conclusion
 WHAT IS SMART BOMB…?

 Highly accurate bomb,

 equipped with Laser seeking guidance

unit, computer and control fins;

 Guided to its target by means of laser, infra-

red or electro-optical system.
SMART BOMBS BASICS…

 An electronic sensor system

 A built in control system

( onboard computer )

 A set of adjustable flight fins

 A battery
 HISTORY OF SMART BOMBS
 WWI:
Kettering Aerial Torpedo- a small
propeller driven aircraft.

 1924:
Pilotless airplanes (guided by radio
control)

 WWII:
Germany develops 1st guided missile
used in combat (V-1 & V-2)
Ruhrstahl SD 1400 'Fritz X’
Henschel Hs 293
 AMERICA’S SECRET GUIDED
WEAPONS

 A standard bomb fitted with steering

controls

 GB-4: A TV camera to assist the

controller with targeting

 B-17: remote controlled weapon

 PRECISION GUIDED
AMMUNITION
1. TV/IR- Guided Weapons

2. Laser Guided Weapons

3. Joint Direct Attack Munition

4. Electro-optical Guided Weapons

5. Satellite- Guided Weapons

1) TV/IR- GUIDED BOMB
 Conventional Television video
camera

 Infra red camera for night vision

 Two Modes Of Operation:

1. Remote- Operation Mode
2. Automatic Mode
GBU-15, a TV/IR Smart Bomb
 2. LASER GUIDED BOMB
 Most common and wide-spread PGM’s

 Use A Laser Designator :

to mark or illuminate a target

 Strikes with greater accuracy than free-

fall bombs

 Generally unpowered
 F-117 Stealth fighter
Seeker head

Laser beam
Target designator
Enemy tank
 LIMITATIONS OF LGB’S
 Designation

 Vulnerable to Environmental Conditions

 Accurate attack against a small target

 A separate designator

 Limited weapon basket

 Problem of picking up wrong targets

3) JOINT DIRECT ATTACK AMMUNITION
 Why JOINT…?

 Meant to improve upon LGB’s and

Infra-red technology

 JDAM is a Guidance kit that converts

unguided bombs into all-weather
“Smart Ammunition”

 Uses Global Positioning System (GPS)

 ADVANTAGES OF USING GPS:

 A real all-weather capability

 Expanded Launch Acceptance Region (LAR)

 A true “ fire-and-forget” capability

 Ability to completely tailor a flight trajectory

 Accurate time source common to all systems

 LIMITATIONS OF JDAM BOMBS
 Not full-proof

 If GPS guided weapon loses touch with the guiding

satellite signals, it falls back on inertial navigation and
calculates its position in relation to its last fixed position.

 In such a situation the inaccuracy of JDAM rises to about

30 meters.

 Since GPS-guided weapons aim at preprogrammed

coordinates of the target. Coordinates of the target
have to be precisely known.
 CONCLUSION

Smart weapons have made bombing

truly strategic. No longer a country
needs to send hundreds of bombers to
destroy one target.

As technology continues to advance,

the face of warfare will continue to
change.
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 www.sciencedirect.com
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 www.ausairpower.net
 www.scribd.com
 www.edocfind.com
 www.2dix.com
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 www.wikibooks.org
THANK YOU…