Kamis, 12 April 2018

Arsenal | The Walleye: One Smart Bomb

To help celebrate Ho Chi Minh’s 77th birthday on May 19, 1967, a Navy A-4 pilot aimed a new TV-guided glide bomb at Hanoi’s main power plant, scoring a direct hit in its first use in combat. The AGM-62, or Walleye, allowed pilots to conduct precision attacks over North Vietnam without entering the deadly barrage …

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