Air Force Small Diameter Bomb II's Tri-Mode Seeker, to be Ready by 2018 Can Destroy Moving Targets in Adverse Weather
[Kris Osborn]
Kris Osborn
Yesterday at 4:18 PM
SDB II's Tri-Mode seeker can change course in flight using two-way data link and destroy fast moving targets.
The Air Force is engineering and testing a new air-dropped weapon able to destroy moving targets in all kinds of weather conditions at ranges greater than 40-miles, Air Force and Raytheon officials said.
The Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II, is designed to destroy moving targets in all kinds of weather, such as small groups of ISIS or terrorist fighters on-the-move in pick-up trucks.
A weapon of this kind would be of extreme relevance against ISIS fighters as the group is known to deliberately hide among civilian populations and make movements under cloud cover or adverse weather in order to avoid detection from overhead surveillance technologies.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1671319-air-force-preps-small-diameter-bomb-ii-2018
