Stealth weapon systems

The method of utilizing a winged bomb which is maneuverable by control surfaces comprising:

• a) loading the winged bomb onto a launch aircraft,
• b) inputting data in the aircraft to a computer program for a calculated glide path of the bomb from the aircraft to a target,
• c) transferring the calculated guide path program to a bomb computer on board the bomb, then
• d) releasing the bomb from the aircraft,
• e) guiding the bomb along the calculated glide path using the program with the inputted data ,
• f) deploying wings on the bomb after the bomb is released from the aircraft,
• g) periodically entering data on the bomb computer of a determined position of the bomb by
• h) reading an altimeter on the bomb, and
• i) reading the geographic position of the bomb from data derived from a global positioning satellite receiver on the bomb, then
• j) correcting any deviation of the determined position of the bomb from the calculated glide path position, by
• k) producing a correction on the bomb computer of the deviation from the calculated path,
• l) changing the control surfaces responsive to the correction,
• m) at a predetermined distance from the target on the bomb computer's calculated guide path, creating television signals by activating a television camera on the bomb, directed at the target,
• n) transmitting the television signals to a control aircraft,
• o) displaying and recording the view shown by the television signals in the control aircraft,
• p) manually producing overriding control signals in the control aircraft,
• q) transmitting the overriding signals to the bomb,
• r) guiding the bomb by the overriding signals,
• s) said calculated glide path is for a bomb flight of a maximum distance of ten (10) times the aircraft altitude at the time of the launch, and
• t) said calculated guide path is for a bomb flight of a distance at least equal to the aircraft altitude at the time of the launch.