Super Spook gets a new set of eyes

January 15, 2005 "Super Spook", one of the scariest monsters in the theatre of war, is getting an upgrade. Starting life as an overweight and slow transport plane, most folks didn't think it could cut it in the heat of battle. But filled with massive firepower, and given phenomenal eyesight (via sensing systems) it can accurately deliver a 'wall of metal' day or night. Now the lastest Spooky is to get Lockheed Martin's Gunship Multispectral Sensor System GMS2, GMS2 integrates third-generation infrared sensing technology with image intensified low-light TV cameras and a suite of lasers to enable the AC-130U to more accurately 'paint' targets so the intelligent weapons system (that seeks the reflected energy), can be even more deadly.

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