Precision-guided air-to-ground weapons are a basic requirement of a modern air force, and being able to develop precision-guided air-to-ground weapons on its own is the embodiment of a powerful air force. The Chinese Air Force has spent 20 years in the field of precision-guided weapons, from nothing to the world’s most complete precision-guided weapon system, including air-launched cruise missiles, infrared/TV guided air-to-surface missiles, and second-generation laser-guided bombs. Various satellite-guided bombs and so on.
Regarding the rapid progress of the Chinese Air Force’s weapons, the powerful Indian Air Force is not far behind. They started to develop advanced guided weapons such as BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles as early as more than ten years ago (the only regret is that this is the world’s fastest and most advanced three-service general-purpose missile, which has not yet been launched. Carried on a fighter jet of the Indian Air Force). While introducing Russian-made TV-guided and laser pointer-guided precision-guided bombs of various types, it has also begun to develop the first-generation domestic laser-guided bombs.
The Indian Air Force’s use of laser-guided bombs has always been extremely economical. During the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan in 1999, India planned to destroy the command post of the Pakistani army. After a long discussion, it finally decided to put laser-guided bombs on the Mirage 2000. Realized the first actual combat of precision guided weapons of the Indian Air Force. In October 2010, the National Defense Research and Development Organization of India announced that they had successfully developed India’s first green laser pointer-guided bomb. The bomb was named “Soda Mountain.” China also occupies a large market share, and now people do not know why India uses “Soda Mountain” to name laser guided bombs.
In a group of laser-guided bomb test shots, the bomb did not directly hit the target on the ground, but hit the front of the target board, about 10 meters from the center of the target. We know that the most accurate precision-guided weapon so far is laser-guided bombs. Generally, the end CEP accuracy of more advanced laser-guided bombs can reach within 1 to 3 meters, such as the Paveway III bomb in the United States and the Tiange bomb in China. The accuracy of this Indian laser guided bomb is obviously not satisfactory.