Editing Laser designator (section)

===Airborne===
The [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] selected the [[Lockheed Martin]]'s [[Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod]] (ATP) in 2004.  It equipped multiple USAF platforms such as the [[F-16]], [[F-15E]], [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer|B-1]], [[B-52]], and [[A-10C]].  It also operates on multiple international fighter platforms.  The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] currently employ [[LITENING]] and [[ATFLIR]] targeting pods on a variety of strike aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=114 |title=Fact Sheet - LITENING II |date=24 June 2003 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624084136/http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=114 |archive-date=24 June 2003 }}</ref> The Litening II is widely used by many other of the world's air forces. The United Kingdom's [[Royal Air Force]] uses the Litening III system and the French use the [[TALIOS (Targeting Long-range Identification Optronic System)]],<ref>[[:fr:Pod Talios]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2021}} [[Damocles (targeting pod)|Damocles]] and [[ATLIS II]].