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- ↑ "Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Space and Missiles MLM Products Precision Strike Systems Top Gun". www.iai.co.il. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ "IDF takes TopGun artillery guidance system into service - Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ Opall-Rome, Barbara (8 August 2017). "Israeli Army Taps IAI's Topgun for Precision Artillery Project". defensenews.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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