A GPS-guided weapon is essentially what?

A GPS-guided weapon is essentially what?

• A. A guided missile with internal GPS
• B. A stand-alone GPS device
• C. A "Dumb Bomb" with a GPS kit
• D. An unguided explosive device

Answer: (C)

GPS-guided weapons work by turning a simple gravity bomb into a precision munition through a GPS navigation and guidance kit. The payload is still a basic explosive bomb, but the added kit provides a GPS receiver, guidance electronics, and flight-control actuators that steer the bomb to the programmed coordinates. In other words, it’s a normal “dumb” bomb enhanced with a GPS kit to achieve guided flight and a precise strike. The other descriptions don’t fit because a stand-alone GPS device isn’t a weapon, an unguided explosive lacks guidance, and a guided missile with internal GPS implies a different platform rather than a bomb augmented with GPS guidance.

GPS-guided weapons work by turning a simple gravity bomb into a precision munition through a GPS navigation and guidance kit. The payload is still a basic explosive bomb, but the added kit provides a GPS receiver, guidance electronics, and flight-control actuators that steer the bomb to the programmed coordinates. In other words, it’s a normal “dumb” bomb enhanced with a GPS kit to achieve guided flight and a precise strike. The other descriptions don’t fit because a stand-alone GPS device isn’t a weapon, an unguided explosive lacks guidance, and a guided missile with internal GPS implies a different platform rather than a bomb augmented with GPS guidance.