Henry J. Cobb wrote:
So what does ATA do exactly? Do you program it to drop through a
cloud layer and look for the heat signature of a tank?

Not quite. ATA lets the weapon look for particular pre-programmed target
shapes. It's mainly for picking the specific part of a pre-planned target
that you want to hit. It might get a more "spontaneous" capability later
on, but not in the near-term.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/s...154-010213.htm

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