What is Target Location Error?

What is Target Location Error?

• A. The difference between the actual target location and the expected location (Nullified if the weapon is terminally guided).
• B. The error in GPS coordinate estimate due to atmospheric conditions.
• C. The time delay before detonation occurs.
• D. The difference between weapon speed and target speed.

Answer: (A)

Target Location Error is the difference between where the target actually is and where you think it is when you field the weapon. It represents the location discrepancy you must account for in the targeting process. If the weapon has terminal guidance, that final guidance can correct for this discrepancy and bring the projectile to the target, effectively nullifying TLE at impact. The other items describe separate ideas: GPS coordinate error caused by atmospheric effects affects navigation accuracy, not the target location error itself; a fuze delay is about when the weapon detonates; and the difference between weapon speed and target speed concerns relative motion or lead, not the location error at impact.

Target Location Error is the difference between where the target actually is and where you think it is when you field the weapon. It represents the location discrepancy you must account for in the targeting process. If the weapon has terminal guidance, that final guidance can correct for this discrepancy and bring the projectile to the target, effectively nullifying TLE at impact. The other items describe separate ideas: GPS coordinate error caused by atmospheric effects affects navigation accuracy, not the target location error itself; a fuze delay is about when the weapon detonates; and the difference between weapon speed and target speed concerns relative motion or lead, not the location error at impact.