Precision-guided munitions (Paveway, JDAM)
Munición guiada de precisión (Paveway láser, JDAM por GPS)
- Date
- 1968-1991 · confidence high
- Place
- Texas Instruments, Dallas, United States (Paveway); Boeing, St. Louis (JDAM, 1997)
- Credited to
- Texas Instruments and the US Air Force (Paveway, 1968); Boeing (JDAM, GPS guidance)
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
Conventional bombs fitted with laser or GPS guidance kits that hit within metres of the target. They transformed air warfare from mass bombing to surgical strikes.
What it led to
- Precision warfare since the Gulf War and the reduction of collateral damage
- Military dependence on GPS and electronic warfare
- The revolution in military affairs
Built on
Made possible
- Tomahawk cruise missiles
- armed drones
- guided artillery