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Laser Weapons for the U.S. Fleet & Marines - Restored COLOR 1985

2,603 views · Published 28 October 2016 · 22:17 · Indexed 2 October 2026

Channel: ZenosWarbirds · 2016 · Education

The Vietnam War posed a challenge for American attack aircraft: how to deliver payloads with great precision against hotly defended targets in North Vietnam without exposing planes & crews to withering AAA fire during traditional low altitude dive bombing runs. The answer was a new generation of “smart” weapons systems employing laser beams, TV transmission or a combination of both. This report focus on the development, evolution and deployment of laser based systems by both Navy Air and Marine Corps ground units. The film covers the basics of applied laser technology and the evolution and deployment of laser weapons systems from shoulder mounted laser designators to advanced systems like those on A-6Es Intruder bombers fitted with the AN/AAS-33 DRS (Detecting and Ranging Set), part of the "Target Recognition and Attack Multi-Sensor" (TRAM) system, a small, gyroscopically stabilized turret, mounted under the nose of the aircraft, containing a FLIR bore sighted with a laser spot-tracker/designator and IBM AN/ASQ-155 computer.
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Laser Weapons for the U.S. Fleet & Marines - Restored COLOR 1985

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