to illuminate a target
11artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …
12Laser-guided bomb — A laser guided bomb (LGB) is a precision guided munition (PGM) that uses semi active laser homing to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than a free fall bomb. LGBs are one of the most common and widespread PGMs, used by a large… …
13AIM-7 Sparrow — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=AIM 7 Sparrow caption= origin= United States type=Medium Range, Semi Active Radar Homing Air to Air Missile used by= United States, South Korea, Japan, Italy, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia manufacturer=Raytheon… …
14Guidance system — A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. Typically, this refers to a system that navigates without direct or continuous human control. Systems that are… …
15Dornier Do 17 — Do 17 A formation of Dornier Do 17Zs, circa 194 …
16Mokopa — SAL The Mokopa is a South African air to ground missile, designed primarily for use as an anti tank weapon. It is currently in its final stages of development, and is being integrated onto the South African Air Force s Rooivalk attack helicopters …
17gunsight — ▪ firearms also called Sight, any of numerous optical devices that aid in aiming a firearm. Its forms include the simple iron sights on pistols and the more complex front and rear sights on target and high powered sporting rifles. Front… …
18Laser designator — A laser designator is a laser light source which is used to illuminate a target. Laser designators provide targeting for laser guided bombs, missiles, or precision artillery munitions, such as the Paveway series of bombs, Lockheed Martin s… …
19Dazzler (weapon) — Glare Mout dazzler made by B.E. Meyers A dazzler is a directed energy weapon intended to temporarily blind or disorient its target with intense directed radiation. Targets can include sensors or human vision. Dazzlers emit infrared or visible… …
20Turbinlite — The Helmore/GEC Turbinlite was a 2,700 million candela (2.7 Gcd) searchlight fitted in the nose of a number of experimental radar equipped Douglas Havoc night fighters by the British during the early part of World War II and around the time of… …
