21. A laser-proximity fuze located in the front half of the nose measures the distance between the target and the missile. 22. Parsons, who had developed the proximity fuze for the Navy, ran the division, and handled liaison with other agencies. 23. One of Sprague Electric's biggest contributions to the war effort was in the manufacturing of the variable timing proximity fuze . 24. Another was the proximity fuze which the US developed to production so that it could be incorporated into bombs and artillery shells. 25. In the short term, it was planned to use some sort of proximity fuze while flying the missile through the bomber stream. 26. The proximity fuze , a weapon that was later dubbed by the media as the second most important one developed during the war. 27. The 184th fired a total of 75, 500 90mm rounds, including more than 13, 800 armed with a proximity fuze . 28. Inaccuracy, primitive beam-riding guidance and lack of infrared homing or a proximity fuze in the Mk 1 made it of limited value. 29. Once launched the missile is command-guided for the whole flight, and the warhead is detonated by its proximity fuze or possible command. 30. The weight of the missile is 581 kg, including the 62 kg blast fragmentation warhead initiated by a dual-mode radar proximity fuze .
