page_title: Targeting pod
section_title: Laser designator pods
hierarchical_section_title: Targeting pod / List of targeting pods / Laser designator pods
caption_attribution_description: English: AN/ASQ-153 Pave Spike targeting pod Polski: Zasobnik celowniczy AN/ASQ-154 Pave Spike
context_page_description: Targeting pods are target designation tools used by ground-attack aircraft for identifying targets and guiding precision guided munitions such as laser-guided bombs to those targets. The first targeting pods were developed in conjunction with the earliest generation of PGMs in the mid-1960s.
context_section_description: ATLIS
  ATLIS II
  K/PZS-01
  Loong Eye I
  Loong Eye II
  OC2
  OC5
  Pave Knife
  Pave Spike
caption: AN/ASQ-153 Pave Spike
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