JSOW effectiveness is measured by SFW in Eglin test

The U.S. Air Force last week tested a Sensor Fuzed Weapon to determine how the Joint Stand-Off Weapon will perform. In the Dec. 12 test at Eglin AFB, Fla., the first of its kind, an A-10 dropped SFW munitions on a target representing 17 enemy vehicles in a column. The plane flew at 259 knots and 610...

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