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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.

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