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| Raytheon/Bofors Successfully Conduct World's First GPS Guided 155mm Artillery Shell Flight Test |
| 2004-11-14 |
| In a first-of-a-kind test earlier this month, the Raytheon Missile Systems and Bofors Excalibur team successfully fired a global positioning satellite-guided 155mm artillery shell, which guided to a target aim point 20 kilometers down range. The shell hit less than 11 feet from the aim point, well within the performance specification of Excalibur... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 Michael Crichton saw this coming - as he does in so many areas of technology - and Gene Simmons (Runaway) would be proud, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-14 11:41:34 PM |