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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is showing off its latest precision-guided munition here at Le Bourget.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is showing off its latest precision-guided munition here at Le Bourget. Known as MLGB (medium-weight, laser-guided bomb), the weapon has dual-mode guidance and is intended for use by light attack aircraft, as well as by multi-role fighters.

Weighing 253 pounds, MLGB has a number of advanced features corresponding to key requirements in the modern battlefield. It is five feet six inches long and carried on standard 14-inch lugs. Fixed cruciform wings of 17-feet-four-inches span give a good standoff glide capability when released from altitude, and the relatively light warhead provides low collateral damage effects.

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