| 21. | A laser-proximity fuze located in the front half of the nose measures the distance between the target and the missile.
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| 22. | Parsons, who had developed the proximity fuze for the Navy, ran the division, and handled liaison with other agencies.
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| 23. | One of Sprague Electric's biggest contributions to the war effort was in the manufacturing of the variable timing proximity fuze.
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| 24. | Another was the proximity fuze which the US developed to production so that it could be incorporated into bombs and artillery shells.
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| 25. | In the short term, it was planned to use some sort of proximity fuze while flying the missile through the bomber stream.
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| 26. | The proximity fuze, a weapon that was later dubbed by the media as the second most important one developed during the war.
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| 27. | The 184th fired a total of 75, 500 90mm rounds, including more than 13, 800 armed with a proximity fuze.
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| 28. | Inaccuracy, primitive beam-riding guidance and lack of infrared homing or a proximity fuze in the Mk 1 made it of limited value.
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| 29. | Once launched the missile is command-guided for the whole flight, and the warhead is detonated by its proximity fuze or possible command.
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| 30. | The weight of the missile is 581 kg, including the 62 kg blast fragmentation warhead initiated by a dual-mode radar proximity fuze.
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