Robert Del Tredici - At Work in the Fields of the Bomb
11. Terminal Guidance
A Goodyear sales representative displays Goodyear's contribution to the Pershing II missiles system: the terminal-guidance all-weather gyroscopic radar/video synchronization unit. Pershing II is a medium-range missile; it can strike Soviet targets from bases in West Germany within 10 minutes. Terminal guidance enables the pershing II to correct its flight path up to the moment of final impact. U.S. Army Weapons Bazaar, Sheraton Hotel, Washington, D.C. October 15, 1986.
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