Raytheon’s [RTN] Small Diameter Bomb II successfully hit a moving target during its first guided flight in a test in New Mexico earlier this week, the company said yesterday. The SDB II, designated the GBU-53, used its tri-mode seeker to score a direct hit after being dropped by an Air Force F-15E at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.The SBD II is designed as a next generation of smart weapons to engage moving targets in poor weather conditions or to overcome…
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