Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System is a BAE Systems laser-guided mid-body kit converting standard 70mm rockets into affordable precision munitions, using semi-active laser seekers, aerodynamic control surfaces, and existing rocket motors to improve accuracy, reduce collateral damage, and enable integration across multiple air platforms for modern tactical and close-support missions. | Military Mechanics

The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is a design conversion of Hydra 70 unguided rockets with a laser guidance kit to turn them into precision-guided munitions (PGMs). APKWS is approximately one-third the cost and one-third the weight of the current inventory of laser-guided weapons, has a lower yield more suitable for avoiding collateral damage, and takes one quarter of the time for ordnance personnel to load and unload. As of February of 2019, BAE Systems had manufactured 25,000 A

The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is a design conversion of Hydra 70 unguided 2.75-inch (70 millimeter) rocket with a laser guidance kit to turn them into precision-guided munitions (PGMs), giving aircrafts a low-cost surgical strike capability. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-2TB | Military Leak