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APKWS infrared seeker in the works.

Infrared Seeker For APKWS Guided Rockets Is In The Works

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Feb 4, 2025
U.S. Air Force F-16 Vipers have been using 70mm laser-guided rockets to down Houthi drones during operations in and around the Red Sea in the past year.

F-16s Have Been Using Laser-Guided Rockets To Shoot Down Houthi Drones

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jan 29, 2025
A new counter-drone focused variant of the 8x8 Stryker light armored vehicle armed with a laser directed energy weapon, laser-guided 70mm rockets, a 30mm automatic cannon, radars and other sensors has broken cover.

Counter-Drone Stryker Armored Vehicle Armed With Lasers, Rockets, Guns Unveiled

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 11, 2024
The Ukrainian Navy has released what looks to the be the first look at a U.S.-supplied VAMPIRE counter-drone system in action and shooting down a Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drone.

First Look At Laser-Guided Rocket Counter Drone System Blasting A Russian Drone

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 12, 2024
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What Will Fire The Laser-Guided Rockets Donated To Ukraine Is Still A Mystery

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 7, 2022
Those Old OV-10 Broncos Sent To Fight ISIS Were Laser Rocket-Slinging Manhunters

Those Old OV-10 Broncos Sent To Fight ISIS Were Laser Rocket-Slinging Manhunters

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 23, 2019
Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Israeli-Made Bolt-On Kit Turns 122mm ‘Grad’ Artillery Rockets Into Precision Weapons

Israeli-Made Bolt-On Kit Turns 122mm ‘Grad’ Artillery Rockets Into Precision Weapons

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 23, 2018