DEHRADUN: Indian defense scientists claimed to have made a breakthrough in the indigenous development of laser guidance technology paving the way for the rapid modernization of the country’s weapons systems.
Laser guidance will help precision bombing by missiles and bombers by greatly improving the striking power of the Indian air forces.
What we have is state of the art technology that was used in the resent high tech war in the gull” Dr.K. K.Mohan Reo of the instruments research and development establishment, which developed the system, sad here.
The IRDE laser guidance has two components a hand held laser designator” that will illuminate a target far away, and a “seeker” attached to air-dropped bomb that will detect the reflected laser light and guide the bomb right on target.
IRDE has already tested the components and the integrated system will be ready for user trail in December, scientists said.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 15, 1991
