Focus of Walleye

On Tuesday, October 25 at 7 p.m., China Lake technical communicators, Mark Pahuta and Leroy Doig III, return to the Historic USO Building, 230 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. to present the final video of their anniversary series.  This month’s video, “The Pursuit of Precision: Walleye, the TV-Guided Glide Bomb,” looks at the development of precision munitions, focusing on the evolution of the first successful electro-optical weapon: China Lake’s Walleye, the smartest of the “smart bombs.” This feature-length documentary describes the evolution and early usage of uniquely effective guided missiles and of the technology of television. The story is illustrated with never-before-released range and combat footage, and it features unique recollections by the operators who took Walleye to war in Southeast Asia and in the Persian Gulf. The fascinating finale of this unique series is free and open to the public.