AGM-83A Bulldog

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A laser guided Bullpup derivative, tested by the US Navy. Looks a bit like the Kh-25L :)

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-83.html
 

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From airpower.callihan.cc
 

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I found a brief reference to this weapon in a 1973 Defence Operational Analysis Establishment report on effectiveness of counter-air attacks in relation on basing concepts for AST.396. In the report the laser-guided Bullpup is referred to as SALPAM, which may be an abbreviation of SemiActive Laser Point Attack Missile. Was this the programme name for the AGM-83A?
 
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There is an example on display at the US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology at the NAWC China Lake http://www.chinalakemuseum.org/
A short history with a Bullpup as the photo? http://www.chinalakemuseum.org/exhibits/bulldog.shtml

In photo two there is a exhibit card that states " Air-launched laser-guided standoff missile fr close air support and land or sea interdiction. NWC developed Bulldog, the first successful laser-guided missile, using off-the-shelf motors and warheads and a specially designed guidance and control group. Bulldog was approved for service use in 1974 but cancelled in favor of the Maverick."

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