Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb

Type of bomb used during the Falklands Conflict

The Paveway II in front of you is a laser guided bomb which saw its first operational use by the RAF in the last days of the Falklands Conflict. It consists of a standard 1,000lb to which is attached a laser seeker head and guidance unit to the front and a stabilising tail unit.

During the Falklands Conflict a Forward Air Controller on the ground would illuminate a target with a laser which the Paveway’s computer would detect and steer the bomb toward after release.