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Military Aircraft Systems. Air-to-Ground Weapons. Paveway II & Paveway III. Paveway II & Paveway III. Precision laser guided bomb Aircraft: Tornado GR4 Harrier GR7 Jaguar GR3 Typhoon F2. Paveway II.
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Paveway II & Paveway III Precision laser guided bomb Aircraft: • Tornado GR4 • Harrier GR7 • Jaguar GR3 • Typhoon F2
Paveway II • Paveway II is a precision laser-guided bomb which can be dropped from low or medium level and is homed onto its target by an airborne TIALD pod or from troops on the ground using a laser designator. • The bomb’s guidance package steers the bomb onto the source of reflected laser energy. Dimensions: Length: 3.68m Width: 0.42m Weight: 546kg
Paveway III • Paveway III is a larger, upgraded LGB and is designed specifically to defeat hardened targets such as protected underground command posts. • Paveway III equips Tornado GR4 aircraft Dimensions: Length: 4.45m Width: 0.92m Weight: 1141kg
Enhanced Paveway II Precision laser guided bomb Aircraft: • Tornado GR4 • Harrier GR7
Enhanced Paveway II • The Enhanced Paveway II laser-guided weapon gives the RAF the ability to strike static, mobile and armoured targets accurately in all weathers and for 24-hours a day. • EPWII is based on Paveway II. • Once released, EPW is fully autonomous in cases where there is cloud cover over the target which may obstruct the laser and prevent weapon guidance.
Enhanced Paveway III Precision laser guided bomb Aircraft: • Tornado GR4
Enhanced Paveway III • The Enhanced Paveway III laser-guided weapon gives the RAF the ability to strike static, mobile and armoured targets accurately in all weathers and for 24-hours a day. • EPWIII is based on Paveway III. • Once released, EPW is fully autonomous in cases where there is cloud cover over the target which may obstruct the laser and prevent weapon guidance.
Enhanced Paveway II & Paveway III Enhanced Paveway III Dimensions: Length: 4.39m Width: 0.92m Weight: 1130kg Enhanced Paveway II Dimensions: Length: 3.68m Width: 0.42m Weight: 545kg
Paveway IV Low-cost, all-weather, 24-hour precision guided bomb Aircraft: • Harrier GR9 • Tornado GR4 • Typhoon F2
Paveway IV • This advanced and highly accurate weapon provides the RAF with a state-of-the-art precision guided bomb. • It replaces the Paveway II weapons and the 505kg unguided general-purpose bombs. • Equipped with the latest Global Positioning Guidance technology, Paveway IV is a low-cost, all-weather, 24-hour precision bomb capable of destroying the majority of general-purpose targets while significantly minimising collateral damage. • The first platform to receive the weapon was the Harrier GR9 with Tornado GR4 and Typhoon F2 following.
Paveway IV Dimensions: Length: 3.1m Width: 0.42m Weight: 225kg