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    The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) is an American military airdrop system which uses the Global Positioning System (GPS), steerable parachutes...
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    drone Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) Loadmaster Paratrooper Winged tank BMD-1 air-drop techniques Technical Order (TO)13C7-1-11 Airdrop of Supplies...
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    intended drop zone easily. The system uses a GPS that integrates with the Mission Planner of the Joint Precision Airdrop System (MP JPADS), ensuring more accurate...
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  • The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs)...
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    Rapid Dragon is a palletized and disposable weapons module which is airdropped in order to deploy flying munitions, typically cruise missiles, from unmodified...
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    methods including Low Velocity Aerial Delivery (LAPS) or via Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS), guided parachutes, methods. The SRTV has a range of...
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  • Summary". RAND. Retrieved 2012-05-02. Benney, Richard; et al. "The Joint Precision Airdrop System Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration" (PDF). www.aiaa.org...
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    Africa. The mission of the 816th was to provide global strategic airlift, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation and humanitarian relief, to create an air bridge...
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    Retrieved 26 May 2015. "Finland – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft with Air-to-Air Missiles and Air-to-Ground Precision Guided Munitions | Defense Security...
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    February 2007, the squadron was the first to use the more accurate Joint Precision Airdrop System in Iraq. It was part of the program to reduce ground convoy...
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    training and are equipped with telescopic sights. Modern snipers use high-precision rifles and high-magnification optics. They often also serve as scouts/observers...
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    palletized Mission System; enhanced Communications System including datalink and SATCOM capabilities; Store Management System to employ Precision Guided Munitions...
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    2022-01-26. Precision Airdrop Technology Conference and Demonstration July 2009 NATICK website Hennings, E:"Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems", Aerospace...
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    as well with Army Rangers and Joint Special Operations Command Special Mission Units, acting primarily as precision airstrike controllers, communications...
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    aftermath of 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. An IAF C-17 executed a precision airdrop of two Combat Rubberised Raiding Craft along with a platoon of 8 MARCOS...
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    detection, wind shear alert, and ballistic wind measurement (for precision airdrop) Motorola (now General Dynamics) AN/APQ-150 Beacon Tracking Radar...
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    well as other airdrop equipment. Project Manager Soldier Lethality (PM SL) aims to enhance soldiers' capabilities by improving current systems and developing...
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    the goods, the planes can maintain a normal flight altitude and simply airdrop the supplies down and let them parachute to the ground. However, when the...
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    parachuting skills required to infiltrate an objective area by static line airdrop. This course includes ground operations week, tower week, and "jump week"...
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    had matured to consider space based missile defense options. Precision hit-to-kill systems more reliable than the early Nike Zeus were thought possible...
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    domain material from Joint Publication 3-13.1 Electronic Warfare (PDF). DTIC. The Changing Capability of Manpack Electronic Warfare Systems Archived 2016-01-02...
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    Equipped with the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and EXACTOR 2, the new Regiment delivers precision strike munitions out to 84km in support of...
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    anti-aircraft fire, it quickly became clear that guidance would be required for precision. However, rockets, or "unrotated projectiles" as they were called, could...
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  • artillery. The Precision Strike Missile is a surface-to-surface guided missile intended to be fired from the current M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System and M142...
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  • described a system of intelligence sensors, command and control systems, and precision weapons that provided situational awareness, rapid target assessment...
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    created in 2003 to describe the threats posed by long-range missile systems, precision munitions, and satellite technology that will make military operations...
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    command offloaded and airdropped equipment supporting the construction of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) radar system across northern Canada...
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    311,597 rounds of 30 mm ammunition. The type also flew 32 missions to airdrop propaganda leaflets. A single A-10 was shot down near Baghdad International...
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    MGS could be airdropped. This testing started with a series of 12-foot drop tests, followed by the US Air Force successfully airdropping an up-weighted...
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    with the Mounted Assured Precision Navigation & Timing System (MAPS), with thousands more planned for EUCOM. A Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to Positioning...
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