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Mike Hankins posted some photos of what is described as photos of the early Paveway LGB on Twitter (attached).
They actually appear to be photos of a GBU-8 HOBOS prototype.
The Autonetics / North American (later Rockwell) GBU-8 came from the Pave Way program, initially this was for laser guided bombs but Pave Way 2 (Electro-Optical) and Pave Way 3 (IR) projects were added later. These photos are presumably of the prototype Pave Way 2 EO bomb by Autonetics.
I discovered that Autonetics did design an LGB prototype which competed with Texas Instruments' BOLT-117 in 1967, however this looked quite different.
They actually appear to be photos of a GBU-8 HOBOS prototype.
The Autonetics / North American (later Rockwell) GBU-8 came from the Pave Way program, initially this was for laser guided bombs but Pave Way 2 (Electro-Optical) and Pave Way 3 (IR) projects were added later. These photos are presumably of the prototype Pave Way 2 EO bomb by Autonetics.
I discovered that Autonetics did design an LGB prototype which competed with Texas Instruments' BOLT-117 in 1967, however this looked quite different.
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