LOAL indicates the laser is turned on after launch, with a delay. Which option describes this timing?

• A. Before launch
• B. Simultaneously with launch
• C. At impact
• D. After launch, with a delay

Answer: (D)

Timing of laser illumination for laser-guided weapons is what this item tests. Lock-On After Launch with Delay means you don’t turn on the laser until after the munition has left the launcher, and there is a programmed delay before illumination so the target is lasered in flight. This description matches after launch, with a delay, because the cue comes post-release rather than before, at, or exactly during launch.

Lighting the laser before launch would require illumination while still on the platform, which LOAL with Delay does not. Illuminating simultaneously with launch would cue the setup at release, not after; lighting at impact would provide a late cue only at impact, not guiding the munition in flight.