On Sat, 22 May 2004 14:17:15 +0100, (phil hunt)
wrote:

On 21 May 2004 22:38:40 -0700, Eric Moore wrote:
Another idea would be for a UAV to drop large numbers of small
guided bombs -- something like the 81 mm and 120 mm guided mortar
shells that currently exist -- onto a target.

There's already a weapon like that, it's called "Viper Strike". See:

http://www.defense-update.com/direct...per-strike.htm

It's similar, though different in terms of its intended usage. Viper
Strike uses a single human-controlled projectile designed for
attacking specific targets in urban areas.

What I had in mind would use largish numbers of warheads (about
10-100), which would be autonomously guided (the bomblets would have
IR or radar homing), to be used against armoured columns.

WHile Viper Strike is laser guided, it's a derivative of BAT which is
Acoustic/IIR, and was designed for use against armoured columns, so
reinstating the Acoustic/IIR homing head and you problem is
solved....well, except for the rather high performance UAV with a
large payload.

Peter Kemp