guidance system

Other forms: guidance systems

Definitions of guidance system
  1. noun
    a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)
    synonyms: guidance device
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    types:
    JDAM, Joint Direct Attack Munition
    a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
    type of:
    system
    instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
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