Precision Guided Munitions: Implications for Detente

Coercive Airpower in the Precision Age: The Effects of Precision Guided Munitions on Air Campaign Duration

Spring 2003 Industry Study 5240 - 14 Final Report

MUNITIONS ABSTRACT: Like other defense industries, the munitions industry has undergone significant change during the past two decades. Three major factors, the end of the Cold War, the subsequent revolution in military affairs, and the increasing reluctance of the American public to accept loss of life and collateral damage in war, have dramatically affected the industry. The munitions industr...

The High-energy Laser Tomorrow’s Weapon to Improve Force Protection

issue 64, 1 st quarter 2012 / JFQ 115 T hink about the current laser designation capability used to direct precision-guided munitions (PGMs) to destroy an enemy target. Now, imagine replacing that laser designator with a high-energy laser (HEL) weapon that emits enough thermal energy to directly render a target ineffective without using a conventional munition. That HEL weapon will affect targe...

Nonlinear Properties in Langasite Isomorphs for Advanced Frequency Control Devices and Clocks

Precision oscillators are an enabling technology for precision-guided munitions, slow-moving target detection and identification from moving platforms, and rapid signal acquisition in jamming environments. Quartz has been exclusively used for resonators, which are essential components in such oscillators. Most recently, langasite and its isomorphs (LGX) have been advanced as potential substitut...

R ntelligence , urveillance and econnaissance during Operation Iraqi Freedom

T he large scale use and integration of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities during last year's Operation Iraqi Freedom air/land campaign remains the case study in the ISR game. While most observers focused on the impact of large scale precision guided munitions use in effecting a defacto 'three week duration war', these precision weapons relied largely on targeting ...