Editing Targeting pod (section)

{{Short description|Device used to detect enemy munitions and airplanes}}
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[[Image:NAVFLIR DAMOCLES P1220870.jpg|thumb|A [[Thales Group|Thales]] [[Damocles (targeting pod)|Damocles]] target designation pod combined with a [[Forward looking infrared|NAVFLIR]] imager]]

'''Targeting pods''' ('''TGP'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pike |first1=John |last2=Sherman |first2=Robert |title=LITENING Advanced Airborne Targeting and Navigation Pod |url=http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/litening.htm |website=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=24 January 2021 |date=28 October 1999}}</ref>) are target designation tools used by [[attack aircraft]] for identifying targets and guiding [[precision-guided munition]] (PGM) such as [[laser-guided bomb]]s to those targets. The first targeting pods were developed in conjunction with the earliest generation of PGMs in the mid-1960s.