Accession Number:

AD0839453

Title:

RADIO-RANGE BEACON BOMB SIGHT (UNSICHTBARE WEGWEISER),

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Otto, M.

Report Date:

1967-11-09

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The author describes the radar system used on the IL-18 aircraft enabling it to identify a storm area 150 km away. A similar system used in military aircraft -- the radio-range beacon system -- when used as a bomb sight makes it possible to drop heavy bombs thousands of kilometers into the target with an accuracy greater than that obtained with optical bomb sights. Author

Descriptors:

• (*JET BOMBERS
• BOMBSIGHTS)
• METEOROLOGICAL RADAR
• TURBOPROP ENGINES
• RADAR TRACKING
• RADAR BOMBING
• TARGET ACQUISITION
• PRECISION BOMBING
• SWITZERLAND
• TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT

Subject Categories:

• Fire Control and Bombing Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE