Originally Posted by
golder
Thanks for sharing laser guided weapon.. I went to the website
Kairos Autonomi: Multimedia - Existing Vehicle Autonomy for Unmanned Ground Vehicles
This is the sensor for the quicksink
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...tails-revealed
AFRL has now confirmed that the Quicksink seeker, the model of which is seen below, is a dual-mode system that combines a radar seeker with an imaging infrared (IIR) camera
The combination of the new multi-mode seeker and the JDAM tail kit turns the bomb into an all-weather anti-ship weapon. When employed, the weapon uses the tail kit to first glide to the general target area, using coordinates inputted prior to launch from the launch aircraft via onboard sensors or from an off-board sensing platform. Once it approaches the target area, the weapon then shifts to the Quicksink seeker to locate the target ship and determine its speed and heading. The use of an independent seeker system means that weapon could potentially still lock onto the target if it appears within the envelope of the radar and IIR camera, even in a GPS-degraded environment that imposes limits on the initial cueing.
The two F 18’s we had overhead for the tests missed the first few times, then noticed that the target slowed down at each end in the turn. So they decided they had a better chance there. In one of the videos, you see the Sentra disappear of the left side of the screen, followed by the noise of jet engines, then the terminal noise of the LGTR, then wait, wait, wait, did they hit it, nope, Sentra emerges.
The last round they had managed to stop the vehicle, from the range tower through the big eyes, the round dropped short, but closer than the previous ones had been, the vehicle continued for a few feet, then stopped dead in its tracks.
When we finally got out there to where it was, turned out tthat when the LGTR hit, it was probably a couple of feet behind, the small charge went off, and between ground dislodged by the initial impact, further displaced by the charge, being directly in line with the exhaust pipe of the vehicle, it was sufficient to plug the last four inches or so, which in turn explained why it only went so far, then stopped abruptly.
A true soft kill.