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by mrguyorama 661 days ago
I don't think ATACMS or GMLRS missiles have any terminal guidance apart from their aim point. The GMLRS missiles that carry german SMART munitions do, technically, since the SMART munition has it's own targeting system.

It wouldn't make much sense to me, as most ATACMS warheads are area based, not point target based, so they wouldn't expect to aim at a single target. Also these systems are relatively cheap compared to things that DO have such guidance
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ethbr1 661 days ago
They don't and are definitely at the dumb/cheap end of the scale. (or in ATACMS' case, dumb/big)

I think anything developed before ~2005 that wasn't explicitly anti-ship doesn't have terminal guidance. Cruise missiles maybe/not.

Things after (e.g. SBD2 / StormBreaker) started to, because components were finally cheap and mature enough during the development cycle.

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