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AGM-62 Walleye

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The AGM-62 Walleye is a television guided glide bomb built by Martin Marietta and used by United States armed forces from the 1960s into the 1990s, one of the earliest precision guided munitions, relying on onboard guidance avionics rather than propulsion to steer itself onto its target during its unpowered descent. It entered service with the United States Navy and Air Force in 1967 and could carry either a conventional high explosive warhead or, in later variants, a W72 nuclear warhead. The weapon saw combat use during the Vietnam War and was still in the American arsenal for the 1991 Gulf War. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Television-guided glide bomb 1
Introduced Year
1967 1
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
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Used In

Gulf War, Wars
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Vietnam War, Wars
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1. Wikipedia: AGM-62 Walleye
  • Lead, opening sentence
    The AGM-62 Walleye is a television-guided glide bomb which was produced by Martin Marietta and used by the United States Armed Forces from the 1960s-1990s.
  • History section
    Martin received the first production contract for the Walleye in 1966 and the bomb entered service with both the Navy and the U.S. Air Force the following year.
  • service status
    The Walleye was superseded by the AGM-65 Maverick, which did include a rocket motor and was thus a missile
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Used In: Vietnam War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Vietnam War
  • Used In: Gulf War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Gulf War
  • Operated By: United States Armed Forces, Infobox, used_by field
    Infobox used_by field: United States Armed Forces
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Wikidata: AGM-62 Walleye
Wikidata Q292514, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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