The Army initiated the Wide Area Munition program in November 1986, to be a smart, autonomous, top-attack, anti-tank munition to neutralize armored combat vehicles (track and heavy wheeled) at a standoff distance. The Wide Area Munition uses acoustic and seismic sensors in its ground platform to detect, track, and classify potential targets, and then launch an infrared detecting submunition over the top of the selected tracked target. Once above the ...
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