Pave Spike
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pave-spike-204-16150965
title:
Pave Spike
text:
The Westinghouse AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23 Pave Spike is an electro-optical laser designator targeting pod used to direct laser-guided bombs to target in daylight, visual conditions. It contained a laser boresighted to a television camera, which displayed its image on a cockpit screen. 156 examples of the original AN/ASQ-153 were used by USAF F-4D/E Phantom II aircraft from 1974 through 1989, replacing the earlier Pave Knife. The 144-inch-long, 420-lb (209 kg) pod was mounted in the F-4's left forwar
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Targeting pod
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Spike
date created:
2004-10-15T21:26:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T02:28:00Z
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13
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