Laser designator
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laser-designator-278-4356938
title:
Laser designator
text:
A laser designator is a laser light source which is used to designate a target. Laser designators provide targeting for laser-guided bombs, missiles, or precision artillery munitions, such as the Paveway series of bombs, AGM-114 Hellfire, or the M712 Copperhead round, respectively. When a target is marked by a designator, the beam is invisible and does not shine continuously. Instead, a series of coded laser pulses, also called PRF codes, are fired at the target. These signals bounce off the tar
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Invisible light source to identify a target
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_designator
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date modified:
2023-06-05T18:08:18Z
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