Second Quicksink Demo Scores Ship Kill By New Seeker

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Credit: U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin
A glide bomb equipped with a new seeker destroyed a full-scale ship in the Gulf of Mexico test range for the second time on April 28, moving a technology for a new class of air-launched weapons closer to fielding, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) says. A Boeing F-15E released the GBU-31...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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