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Pretty cool but not as cool as the FOGG (Fist of GAWD GUN).

Mavericks have to either lock on to an IR, visual tgt. Some may be laser designated, though I haven't seen that variation at all (think it's Navy).

Point is, for the weapons load and the power of the A-10, much needs to be done to reduce the weight of pods, and LGB's require either self-designation or designation from some other source, and because laser pods weigh a heck of a lot, this is problematic, and besides, the LGB must have enough kinetic energy to "fly" to the tgt as the fins move about, cranking and burning off the energy, and A-10's generally don't fly that fast at low to med altitude and the LGB burns off energy and never reaches the tgt. High altitude is different as you may trade altitude for energy. However, the BRP and the ORP are much different and what source of cueing will the A-10 pilot have to tell him when he is within ORP as opposed to BRP (and never reach the tgt).

Work is in progress but much remains to be done.