Actually it looks pretty much like the glide kit of LT-6 glide bomb.
Chinese Rocket Launched Laser Guided Glide Bomb.
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Actually it looks pretty much like the glide kit of LT-6 glide bomb.
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Do you see the UAV?
My bad, I meant FT-6
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The rocket bomb looks like a paveway clone, with FT-6 like glide kit mounted on a rocket.
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Credit: ausairpower
there are similarities and differences to the model presented by the OP
again if the brown wings can be detached and fly alone with or without minor additional gadgets, then the brown wings is uav.
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there are similarities and differences to the model presented by the OP
again if the brown wings can be detached and fly alone with or without minor additional gadgets, then the brown wings is uav.
No the wings don't detach and fly away, they go down with the bomb. The glide kit is for one time use to extend the range of the bomb.
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of course that is what the swept back wings are for - to improve gliding capablities
But I didnt mean to just detaching the "wings"
Look at what was installed in the middle, a structure that connected the wings
It is a mini fuselage similar to uavs
Probably it didnt install with an engine to let fly alone
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UAE's Al-Tariq is far better..
Thats just an air launched glide bomb.
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Lockheed Martin’s GMLRS+ Completes Successful Test Flight of Long-Range Motor · Lockheed Martin
DALLAS, TX, August 9, 2011 --
Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) extended-range rocket successfully completed a 120-kilometer mission at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., an improvement in range of approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) over the current GMLRS round.
Engineers from Lockheed Martin and Aerojet, the GMLRS rocket motor manufacturer, are developing GMLRS+ as a proposed follow-on version of the existing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System to further extend the rocket's range and add a new capability for a "scalable-effects" warhead.
"With this latest test, we have demonstrated the GMLRS+ range that our soldiers and Marines have been requesting," said Scott Arnold, vice president of precision fires in Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business. "While adding this new capability, we are still retaining the system's affordability, precision and reliability."
This test was the first of two Lockheed Martin-funded GMLRS+ launches planned for 2011. The second test will assess the scalable-effects warhead in late fall. The scalable-effects warhead will offer multiple distinct outputs, which can be selected prior to launch
In a November 10, 2010, test at White Sands Missile Range, a GMLRS+ rocket equipped with a Lockheed Martin Semi-Active Laser seeker flew 40 kilometers downrange, acquired the laser-designated target, and diverted more than 150 meters to the target. The demonstration validated the rocket's ability to acquire a laser-designated target after launch and divert to it.
Boeing Developing Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb | Defense News | defensenews.com
WASHINGTON — Boeing is developing a way to turn the air-launched Small Diameter Bomb into a ground-launched artillery rocket.
The company-funded project could add new capabilities to the US Army arsenal, allowing the service to carry out strike missions traditionally conducted by air forces.
Boeing is developing a device called an inter-stage adapter, which would connect the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) to the M26 rocket.
Due to the cluster bomb ban, the Army is demilitarizing the M26 rocket. The US military has hundreds of thousands of MLRS rockets that must go through this demilitarization process.
Instead of destroying the rocket, the installation of a special adapter case could allow it to propel a Small Diameter Bomb into the air. Leveraging the existing M26 rockets, which could save the Army money from procuring new rocket systems, Boeing officials say.
After being fired from the ground, the SDB would separate from the rocket and the bomb would head toward a target just like it would if it were dropped from a strike aircraft.
The SBD is a glide weapon, meaning it deploys wings in flight and flies to its target.
This “gives you the ability to attack targets on a reverse slope, so I can hit behind a mountain side, also I could reach inside a cave,” said Chris Laski of Boeing’s business development team.
“That’s a capability you traditionally wouldn’t have in a rocket artillery and you’d look for the Air Force to do,” he said at the annual Association of the United States Army convention.
The 250-pound SDB is an air-launched, precision strike weapon. It can be carried on nearly all US strike and bomber aircraft.
A ground-lunched version could give the Army more capability using existing systems, Boeing officials say.
“It reduces the burden on airpower and it could save your larger munitions for strategic targets,” Laski said.
The system would also be compatible with other versions of the Boeing-built SDB, such as the laser-guided SDB and the Focused Lethality Munition.
The company has completed design work of the inter-stage adapter and intends to conduct ground and flight testing.
DALLAS, TX, August 9, 2011 --
Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) extended-range rocket successfully completed a 120-kilometer mission at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., an improvement in range of approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) over the current GMLRS round.
Engineers from Lockheed Martin and Aerojet, the GMLRS rocket motor manufacturer, are developing GMLRS+ as a proposed follow-on version of the existing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System to further extend the rocket's range and add a new capability for a "scalable-effects" warhead.
"With this latest test, we have demonstrated the GMLRS+ range that our soldiers and Marines have been requesting," said Scott Arnold, vice president of precision fires in Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business. "While adding this new capability, we are still retaining the system's affordability, precision and reliability."
This test was the first of two Lockheed Martin-funded GMLRS+ launches planned for 2011. The second test will assess the scalable-effects warhead in late fall. The scalable-effects warhead will offer multiple distinct outputs, which can be selected prior to launch
In a November 10, 2010, test at White Sands Missile Range, a GMLRS+ rocket equipped with a Lockheed Martin Semi-Active Laser seeker flew 40 kilometers downrange, acquired the laser-designated target, and diverted more than 150 meters to the target. The demonstration validated the rocket's ability to acquire a laser-designated target after launch and divert to it.
Boeing Developing Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb | Defense News | defensenews.com
WASHINGTON — Boeing is developing a way to turn the air-launched Small Diameter Bomb into a ground-launched artillery rocket.
The company-funded project could add new capabilities to the US Army arsenal, allowing the service to carry out strike missions traditionally conducted by air forces.
Boeing is developing a device called an inter-stage adapter, which would connect the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) to the M26 rocket.
Due to the cluster bomb ban, the Army is demilitarizing the M26 rocket. The US military has hundreds of thousands of MLRS rockets that must go through this demilitarization process.
Instead of destroying the rocket, the installation of a special adapter case could allow it to propel a Small Diameter Bomb into the air. Leveraging the existing M26 rockets, which could save the Army money from procuring new rocket systems, Boeing officials say.
After being fired from the ground, the SDB would separate from the rocket and the bomb would head toward a target just like it would if it were dropped from a strike aircraft.
The SBD is a glide weapon, meaning it deploys wings in flight and flies to its target.
This “gives you the ability to attack targets on a reverse slope, so I can hit behind a mountain side, also I could reach inside a cave,” said Chris Laski of Boeing’s business development team.
“That’s a capability you traditionally wouldn’t have in a rocket artillery and you’d look for the Air Force to do,” he said at the annual Association of the United States Army convention.
The 250-pound SDB is an air-launched, precision strike weapon. It can be carried on nearly all US strike and bomber aircraft.
A ground-lunched version could give the Army more capability using existing systems, Boeing officials say.
“It reduces the burden on airpower and it could save your larger munitions for strategic targets,” Laski said.
The system would also be compatible with other versions of the Boeing-built SDB, such as the laser-guided SDB and the Focused Lethality Munition.
The company has completed design work of the inter-stage adapter and intends to conduct ground and flight testing.
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