Precision guided munition

Japanese: 精密誘導兵器 - せいみつゆうどうへいき(英語表記)precision guided munition
Precision guided munition
Weapons that can locate and hit their targets, such as missiles and smart bombs. There are missiles equipped with radar that can identify and hit their targets, missiles that detect and move towards the target by sensing the infrared light emitted by the target, bombs that fall on the target when a laser is shone on it, and missiles that use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to fly to a pre-determined target.

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Japanese:
ミサイルやスマート爆弾などに代表される,みずから目標をとらえ命中する兵器。レーダを搭載して目標を認識し命中するミサイル,目標が発する赤外線を感知し向かって行くミサイル,目標にレーザーを照射するとそこに落下していく爆弾,全地球測位システム GPSを利用してあらかじめ設定された目標まで飛行するミサイルなどがある。

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