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Lei-Ting / Tian-Ge - laser-guided bombs (LGB)

	Lei-Ting
LT-1	500 kg	laser guided bomb
LT-2	500 kg	laser guided bomb
LT-3	500 kg	laser and satellite guided bomb

The 9th Zhuhai Airshow November 2012 saw a new family of laser-guided bombs (LGB) utilizing LT PGB upgrade kit designated as Tian Ge series (or Tiange), which is the ancient Chinese name for the constellation Boötes, the Ploughman. In Chinese, this is a polysemous word. The novel "Tian Ge", also known as "Dragon Legend", is the title of the book "Snow Mirror Moon Day."

Produced by the Harbin Jiancheng Group, a subsidiary of Norinco, a total of four models of Boötes series were shown at the airshow, including Boötes-100, Boötes-250, Boötes-500 and Boötes-10000, (TG-100/250/500/1000) named after 100/250/500/1000 kg iron bombs used. The marketing of the LGBs suggested that the LT LGB upgrade conversion kit, as well as the bombs armed with such conversion upgrade kits, were both available for export. Some of the TG series have suffix ER in their names, such as TG250-ER, with ER being the English abbreviation for Extended Range, because the bomb also utilizes LS PGB kit for gliding.

At present, China has introduced domestically-made day and night all-weather photoelectric pods and laser-guided bombs to the international market. According to the Zhuhai Air Show, China's export-oriented WMD-7 photoelectric aiming pods are powered by forward-looking infrared detection systems, 000 cameras, and laser irradiation. The system and other devices are arbitrarily able to detect, identify and track ground targets in day and night conditions, and use laser systems to illuminate and measure targets, and guide laser-guided bombs or other weapons to accurately strike them. Equipping the WMD-7 pod can greatly improve the combat aircraft's ability to strike ground targets, especially small-scale targets. In the past, using a normal bomb to attack an active tank may require dozens of bombs. Now, after mounting the WMD-7 pod, It may only be necessary to have a laser-guided bomb to solve the problem.

The technical parameters of the WMD-7 pod are: scanning orientation 150 degrees, pitch angle 10 degrees-150 degrees, the infrared system works in the 3-5 micron band, with two fields of view - 4.3 x 5.8 degrees for search targets and 1.4 x 1.9 degrees for locking targets, and up to 20 kilometers of detection range for ground targets CCD is mainly used for detecting ground targets under sunny weather conditions. It can provide more than 20 kilometers of detection distance for small ground moving targets. The laser system works at 1.06 microns, the maximum distance is 18 kilometers, and the illumination distance is 12 kilometers.

From various tactical indicators, the WMD-7 photoelectric pod is equivalent to the AN/AAQ-14 photoelectric aiming pod of the LANTRIN system of the US system. The latter also includes an AN/AAQ-13 day and night all-weather low-altitude navigation pod. Terrain tracking radar, wide-field navigation forward-looking infrared detection system, China also has a similar pod, that is, the blue sky is low all weather. Air navigation pod, its tactical technical indicators are comparable to AAQ-13, but considering the sensitivity of the blue sky pod, China may export this pod when exporting, in fact, the United States does not export the full version of the system, Saudi F-15S is equipped with a simplified version of the system.