Smart Weapons

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What is a Smart Weapon

.Missile or bomb equipped with a laser or television guidance system
.Smart weapon extensions include:
-Off-road mines that listen for vehicles and attack
- Missiles that fire at a target by space intelligence gathering


Early Development

.1200’s Chines use unguided rockets for fireworks

.1800’s Congreve developed unguided rocket-powered missiles

.WWI: France makes limited use of unguided rockets


Strategic


.Better communication and cohesion among troops

.Better intelligence information

.Surgical operations: No need for full scale operations, which are expensive

.Speed: rapid transportation to anywhere

.Efficiency: less supervision

.Safety: less soldiers lost

.Accuracy: human errors eliminated