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Because of the great improvement in electronic and radio navigation
equipment, flying to where you are going is done as efficiently as the birds do
it and much more scientifically.
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Thing about the air-to-surface missile is that it enables a bomber to release its
weapon before reaching the most heavily defended part of an enemy’s territory.
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Here is a definition of air superiority as it is understood by US AF experts. A
power is said to have air superiority within a given airspace when: (a) its aircraft of
all types can operate without serious interference from the enemy, and (b) it can limit
the The E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft is equipped
with extensive radar, communication and navigational devices.
The system has a dual use. It is used for airborne surveillance and as a
command post. The E-3A provides long range low level surveillance of all air
vehicles in all weather and above all kinds of terrain. As a command post this aircraft
is able to command and control all kinds of air actions: strike, air superiority, support,
aircraft reconnaissance and interdiction.
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There are two types of smart bombs currently in use by the USAF - the laser-
guided bomb and electro-optical or HOBO* bombs. The former type of munition is
used in 500, 2000 and 3000 lb. categories and the HOBO bomb is produced in 2000
and 3000 lb. sizes.
The laser-guided type consists of a conventional bomb to which stabilizer fins*
and a guidance module with a laser seeker* are added. The electro-optical bomb has
control surfaces at the rear with a TV guidance module at the front. The weapon is
released after lock-on* by the bomb’s camera. The guidance module steers the bomb
to the target automatically.
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The air-to air missile is an important type of modern aircraft armaments. Modern
missiles of this type are usually guided by radar or infrared homing device, or
sometimes a combination of the two.
An important enemy’s aircraft to shallow penetrations of the airspace.
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A search-radar is switched on in danger zone so that when an attacking fighter
shows itself on the screen, it is automatically tracked and engaged by the gun when it
