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beam riding

[′bēm ‚rīd·iŋ]
(aerospace engineering)
The maneuver of a spacecraft or other vehicle as it follows a beam.
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In co-operation with Aviakon, ATE modified four Azerbaijan aircraft to Mi-24G standard with laser beam-riding SKDB Luch Barer-V missiles.
Target markets for armed whirly birds
Most laser beam-riding anti-armour missiles come from Russia, but there are exceptions, such as South Africa's Denel Dynamics lngwe, which is available with tandem shaped charges or a multi-purpose penetrator warhead.
When the Death-Dot Gets You, It's Got You: military technology took a major advance in the 1960s, when America's industry and armed services learned to designate a ground target with a laser illuminator, and develop a guidance and control kit that would allow a munition to home on to the reflected energy. However, semi-active homing was only the first guidance application for lasers. Later came missiles that ride laser beams
However, instead of using infrared homing, the RBS70 employs a virtually unjammable laser beam-riding system.
Last ditch air-defence: the ultimate umbrella: originally intended to safeguard forward troops from direct attacks by low-flying aircraft, very-short-range air-defence (V-Shorad) guided missiles are being developed into high-lethality systems to protect ground and naval units, against not only aircraft, but also cruise missiles, reconnaissance and attack drones and air-launched tactical weapons, including precision-guided bombs
The laser beam-riding Kornet E has a maximum range of 5500 metres by day and up to 3500 metres at night when the 1PN79-1 thermal sight is fitted.
Long-range anti-tank punch: developed to defeat tanks, long-range anti-tank guided weapons are more often used to attack bunkers, buildings and technical infrastructure
South Africa's Kentron Ingwe (Leopard) is a Tow-class laser beam-riding missile with a maximum range of 5000 metres.
Helicopter armament: the French Army pioneered the use of missiles from helicopters during its conflict in Algeria in the 1950s. From that moment, the rotary-wing aircraft became a `must' platform for anti-armour warfare throughout the world. (Complete Guide)
Russia's competitor to the Trigat-MR (and its substitutes) is the laser beam-riding KBP 9M129 Kornet-E, which has a maximum range of 3500 metres at night and 5500 metres by day.
Ground-based missiles: the Euromissile Milan series entered service in 1974 and shortly after saw active use in Lebanon in 1996. The Milan is probably still the most popular man-portable anti-tank missile in the world and its concept has been applied to many others, amongst which are more notably the Swedes and the Russians. (Complete Guide)
The Starstreak is a hypersonic projectile that launches three laser beam-riding 0.
A decade of opportunities. (Airborne Warfare)
Laser beam-riding is also used by the Kentron Ingwe (Leopard), which is an upgrade of the earlier ZT-3.
Helicopter Weapons
The missile that KBP regards as its third-generation competitor to the Trigat-MR is the relatively new, laser beam-riding 9K129 Kornet-E, developed to replace KBP's own 9K111M Fagot or AT-4 Spigot and 9K113 Konkurs.
Ground-based Weapons
The Spear is a rocket-assisted round with laser beam-riding guidance.
Barrel-launched Weapons
the world's first laser beam-riding anti-tank missile to enter service (Israel Military Industries' MA-PATS);
Anti-tank guided missile developments
The form of guidance used is of the laser beam-riding type, which permits the frontal attack of approaching airborne targets at maximum operational range.
Countering the low-level air threat: MANPADS; a handy anti-aircraft missile system for the infantryman

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