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Subject: How does guided arty work?
scholar    11/9/2004 4:34:57 PM
I just read that the US is firing guided 155mm shells out of howitzers at positions in Falluja. GPS. How does that work? Do little fins pop out of the shells? Or does the GPS simply guide the targeting computer on the gun itself?
 
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Texastillidie    RE:How does guided arty work?   4/8/2005 2:30:35 PM
Here are some sites that describe the operation of smart munitions. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m712.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/sadarm.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/raam.htm
 
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