question: How do military planes target?
comment: A-10 in neither fast and can not operate at high altitude compared to fighter and even bombers are faster. It is designed for ground attack so it is rather slow and optimized for low level operations. & #x200B; If you a computer game to compare too look at videos from DCS it is a simulator that attempts to be close to reality. & #x200B; If you a targeting pod like in the game that is likely a [LITENING targeting pod]( URL_1 ) . It has a laser designation that shine a laser on the target. JDAM initially was GPS and inertial guided to a target but some later variant have laser seekers too. GPS can hit tagets covered by clouds and you do not need a laser pointed at the target the whole time but you cant hit a moving target with it like and it can be jammed. Laser can hit moving targets and is a lot harder to jam but clouds or smoke will block the laser and someone/something need to points laser on it so both have te advantages and disadvantages You see real video from targeting pods from the invasion of Iraq of 2003 at [ URL_0 ]( URL_0 ) & #x200B;
passages: Loitering munitions may be as simple as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with attached explosives that is sent on a potential "kamikaze" mission, and may even be constructed with off the shelf commercial quadcopters with strapped on explosives.
  
  Purpose built munitions are more elaborate in flight and control capabilities, warhead size and design, and on-board sensors for locating targets. Some loitering munitions use a human operator to locate targets whereas others, such as IAI Harop, can function autonomously searching and launching attacks without human intervention.
   Section::::Types.:Radar-guided weapons.
  
  The Lockheed-Martin Hellfire II light-weight anti-tank weapon in one mark uses the radar on the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow to provide fire-and-forget guidance for that weapon.
  
  Section::::Types.:Satellite-guided weapons.
   BULLET::::- Turkish Air Force jets strike Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq, killing at least 55 PKK members.
  
  BULLET::::- 19 September
  
  BULLET::::- Israeli Air Force jets strike targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip against Israeli territory the previous evening.
   BULLET::::- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) jets support Afghan security forces in an attack on the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan. The attack kills 60 Islamic militants.
  
  BULLET::::- Syrian Air Force jets hit the Ain Jalout elementary school in the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo, Syria, with at least six bombs as teachers and students are setting up an exhibit of childrens drawings of the Syrian Civil War, killing 20 people, 17 of them children.
   Guided missiles operate by detecting their target (usually by either radar or infrared methods, although rarely others such as laser guidance or optical tracking), and then "homing" in on the target on a collision course.
   BULLET::::- 21 May
  
  BULLET::::- Pakistan Air Force jets and Pakistani military helicopters attack Islamic militant hideouts, killing 60 Islamic militants. Most of the strikes take place around Mir Ali in North Waziristan, Pakistan.
  
  BULLET::::- 24 May
   Guidance for air-to-surface missiles is typically via laser guidance, infrared guidance, optical guidance or via satellite guidance signals. The type of guidance depends on the type of target. Ships, for example, may be detected via passive radar or active radar homing, less effective against multiple, small, fast-moving land targets.
   BULLET::::- A missile strike by one or more American unmanned aerial vehicles destroys a house in Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan, killing seven people including six Islamic militants.
  
  BULLET::::- Four missiles fired by American unmanned aerial vehicles kill 20 people in North Waziristan, Pakistan, including al-Qaeda operative Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim, killed in a strike on his car.
  
  Section::::Events.:November.
  
  BULLET::::- During the month, the International Bird Strike Committee is established to coordinate information on bird strikes among countries.
   BULLET::::- Hellenic Air Force
  
  BULLET::::- 4 x F-16 fighter jets
  
  BULLET::::- 1 x Embraer R-99 early warning and control aircraft
  
  BULLET::::- Italian Air Force
  
  BULLET::::- 4 x Tornado ECR SEAD aircraft operating from Trapani Air Base
  
  BULLET::::- 4 x F-16 fighter jets
  
  BULLET::::- 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets operating from Trapani Air Base
  
  BULLET::::- 4 x Panavia Tornado IDS, operating from Trapani Air Base, began attacking military targets in Libya with Storm Shadow missiles and JDAM and Paveway smart bombs on 28 April
  
  BULLET::::- 4 x AMX Ghibli fighter jets operating since 25 July
   BULLET::::- AS-1 'Kennel' (KS-1 "Kometa")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-2 'Kipper' (K-10S "Yen")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-3 'Kangaroo' (H-20)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-4 'Kitchen' (H-22 Burya)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-5 'Kelt' (H-11/KSR-2)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-6 'Kingfish' (H-26/KSR-5)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-7 'Kerry' (H-66, H-23 "Grom")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-8 (9M114V "Sturm-V")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-9 'Kyle' (H-28)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-10 'Karen' (H-25)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-11 'Kilter' (H-58 "Izdeliye")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-12 'Kegler' (H-25MP, H-27PS)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-13 'Kingbolt' (H-59 "Ovod")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-14 'Kedge' (H-29)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-15 'Kent' (H-55/H-65S "Izdeliye")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-16 'Kickback' (H-15)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-17 'Krypton' (H-31)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-18 Kazoo (H-59M "Ovod-M")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-19 'Koala' (3M25A "Meteorit-A")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-20 'Kayak' (H-35/H-37 "Uran")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-21 ("Gela", P-750 "Grom")
  
  BULLET::::- Hermes-A
   BULLET::::- Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 7 August 2009 – present
  
  Section::::Lineage.:Aircraft and missiles.
  
  BULLET::::- Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (2009 – present)
  
  BULLET::::- Boeing B-52H Stratofortress (2009 – present)
  
  BULLET::::- Bell UH-1N Twin Huey (2009 – present)
  
  BULLET::::- LGM-30G Minuteman III (2009 – present)
  
  BULLET::::- B-1B Lancer (2015–present)
  
  BULLET::::- Boeing E-4B (2016–present)
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Nuclear triad
  
  BULLET::::- List of states with nuclear weapons
  
  Comparable organizations
  
  BULLET::::- United States Fleet Forces Command (U.S. Navy)
  
  Section::::External links.
  
  BULLET::::- Official Website
  
  BULLET::::- Air Force Global Strike Command (unclassified briefing), Lt Gen James M. Kowalski, 7 May 2013
   BULLET::::- KD-63
  
  BULLET::::- KD-88
  
  BULLET::::- LMD-002 (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- LMD-003 (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- Sky Arrow (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- Sky Arrow 90
  
  BULLET::::- SY series (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- TBI (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- TL-6
  
  BULLET::::- TL-10
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-12
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-22
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-62
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-63
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-82
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-83
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-91
  
  BULLET::::- ZD1 (missile)
  
  Section::::List of air-to-surface missiles.:France.
  
  BULLET::::- AS-20
  
  BULLET::::- MBDA AS 30
  
  BULLET::::- Apache (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- Exocet
  
  BULLET::::- HOT (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- Storm Shadow
  
  BULLET::::- PARS 3 LR
  
  Section::::List of air-to-surface missiles.:Germany.
  
  BULLET::::- Taurus KEPD 350
  
  BULLET::::- ARMIGER
  
  BULLET::::- PARS 3 LR
  
  BULLET::::- HOT (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- AS.34 Kormoran
  
  BULLET::::- RBS-15 (in cooperation with Sweden)
   BULLET::::- The Israeli Defense Force launches Operation Protective Edge with a goal of ending Hamas rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force strike 47 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight belonging to Hamas and other militant organizations, including underground rocket launching sites, command and control centers, the homes of Hamas members, and other "infrastructure."
  
  BULLET::::- 8 July
   BULLET::::- Libyan rebel ground fire mistakenly shoots down a MiG-23BN (NATO reporting name "Flogger") of the rebel Free Libyan Air Force over Benghazi.
  
  BULLET::::- French Air Force aircraft make the first attacks of the military intervention in Libya, striking Libyan government armored vehicles south of Benghazi during the Second Battle of Benghazi. United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bombers, American fighters, and Royal Air Force aircraft go into action later in the day, striking Libyan government ground forces and air defense sites.
  
  BULLET::::- 20 March
   Section::::Missiles.
   BULLET::::- Israeli Air Force aircraft conduct two strikes in Lebanon in the eastern Bekaa Valley along the Israeli border near the Lebanese villages of Janta and Yahfoufa, targeting what a human-rights activist group describes as a Hezbollah "rocket launcher."
  
  BULLET::::- 25 February
  
  BULLET::::- Pakistani aircraft carry out early morning airstrikes in South Waziristan and in the Shawal valley and Dattakhel areas of North Waziristan, Pakistan, reportedly killing at least 30 people which Pakistani security officials describe as terrorists.
  
  BULLET::::- 26 February
  
  BULLET::::- A Piper PA-31 Navajo crashes in Hawaii, killing three of the six people aboard.
  
  BULLET::::- 27 February
   BULLET::::- LGM-30G Minuteman-III, 1972–present
  
  BULLET::::- 341st Missile Wing
  
  BULLET::::- at Malmstrom AFB, Montana (15 July 1961 – present)
  
  BULLET::::- Units:
  
  BULLET::::- 10th Missile Squadron – "First Aces"
  
  BULLET::::- 12th Missile Squadron – "Red Dawgs"
  
  BULLET::::- 490th Missile Squadron – "Farsiders"
  
  BULLET::::- 150 Missiles, 15 MAF – Launch sites
  
  BULLET::::- LGM-30A Minuteman-I, 1962–69
  
  BULLET::::- LGM-30F Minuteman-II, 1967–94
  
  BULLET::::- LGM-30G Minuteman-III, 1975–present
  
  BULLET::::- 625th Strategic Operations Squadron
  
  BULLET::::- at Offutt AFB, Nebraska
  
  BULLET::::- Airborne Launch Control System
  
  BULLET::::- EC-135A/C/G/L Command Post Aircraft, 1967–1998
  
  BULLET::::- E-6B Mercury, 1998–present
  
  BULLET::::- Minuteman ICBM targeting
  
  BULLET::::- Software
  
  Section::::Operators.:Operational units.:Historical.
  
  BULLET::::- 44th Strategic Missile (later Missile) Wing "Black Hills Bandits"
   BULLET::::- Airstrike - Mark a strategic target for allied planes to bomb. This can be done by the Radioman in two ways (depending on the map): pointing a laser targeter at the objective for 30 seconds or planting a GPS device on the target. By default, you have 10 minutes to complete this objective, or the defending team wins.
   Section::::U.S. Navy service.:Intervention in the "Tanker War" (1987–1988).
   BULLET::::- American aircraft conduct 11 strikes against Islamic State targets, seven in Iraq and four in Syria.
  
  BULLET::::- 3 October
  
  BULLET::::- American aircraft carry out nine raids against Islamic State targets, hitting three in Iraq and six in Syria.
  
  BULLET::::- 4 October
  
  BULLET::::- American aircraft strike five Islamic State targets in Iraq and seven in Syria.
  
  BULLET::::- 5 October
  
  BULLET::::- A missile strike by one or more American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) kills five suspected militants in Pakistans Shawal Valley region in North Waziristan.
   Section::::F11F Tiger.
  
  In "Alas, Babylon", the post-apocalyptic 1959 novel by Pat Frank, a heat-seeking missile launched by a Grumman F11F Tiger that accidentally strikes the port area of Latakia, Syria, sets off secondary explosions and gives the Soviet Union the casus belli for preemptive nuclear strikes against the US.
  
  Section::::F-14 Tomcat.
   BULLET::::- NATO conducts 147 air sorties over Libya, targeting two command-and-control facilities in and near Tripoli, an ammunition storage facility near Tripoli, a naval asset near Sirte, two air defense radars near Al Khums, and a tank and a military truck near Zintan. Since NATO took command of air strikes in Libya on 31 March 31, its aircraft have conducted 2,975 strike and 4.757 other sorties.
  
  BULLET::::- 23 May
   BULLET::::- The Libyan government claims that NATO air raids have killed 718 civilians and injured more than 4,000 since the international bombing campaign to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya began.
  
  Section::::Events.:June.
  
  BULLET::::- 2 June
  
  BULLET::::- NATO air attacks in Libya destroy ammunition and vehicle depots, a surface-to-air missile launcher, and a radar installation in Tripoli.
  
  BULLET::::- 3 June
  
  BULLET::::- An American unmanned aerial vehicle strike in South Waziristan, Pakistan, kills Ilyas Kashmiri, a senior al-Qaeda member and leader of the Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami.
   Section::::Basic roles.:Anti-satellite.
   BULLET::::- As the Battle of Tripoli begins, Libyan rebels capture Tripoli International Airport and launch an assault on Mitiga International Airport east of Tripoli.
  