Equipment/Proposed/laser target designator

Laser target designators have been an integral tool in an elite soldiers arsenal sense the latter half of the 20'th century. This Lockheed Martin hand held target designator utilizes the latest advances in miniaturization have allowed it to be hand held and posses a range over 10 miles. Advances in computing power have allowed this target designator to become the standard designator for all laser guided munitions. Frequency hopping and variable timing on the laser pulses allow this to system to be unjammable. Following the formation of PHALANX the U.S. army revealed a secondary function which sends an infrared pulse which tags a target with a distinct geometric pattern which can be detected for 1 minuet by thermal imaging, which eliminate the need for the operator to continually paint the target. It has long been rumored that the US millitary also uses this device to blind enemy soldiers by dazzling the eye of enemy soldiers.