Precision-guided munition
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A precision-guided munition, also called a smart weapon, smart munition, or smart bomb, is a type of weapon system that integrates advanced guidance and control systems, such as GPS, laser guidance, o
A laser-guided GBU-24 (BLU-109 warhead variant) strikes its target.
Diagram showing the operation of a laser-guided ammunition round. From a CIA report, 1986.
HOPE/HOSBO of the Luftwaffe with a combination of GPS/INS and electro-optical guidance
A F-22 releases a JDAM from its center internal bay while flying at supersonic speed.
Joint Direct Attack Munition
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The Joint Direct Attack Munition is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions. JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial
Precision-guided munition
…for instance, was attacked repeatedly with iron bombs, to no effect, only to be dropped in one mission with PGMs. Although not as popular as the newer JDAM and JSOW weapons, or even the older laser-guided bomb systems, weapons like the AGM-62 Walleye TV guided bomb are still being used, in conjunction with…
U.S. Navy sailors attach a JDAM kit aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64), March 2003.
Ex-Schenectady (LST-1185) damaged by seven 2,000-pound JDAMs during USAF exercise Resultant Fury in November 2004.
JDAMs prior to being loaded for operations over Iraq, 2003
GBU-38 explosions in Iraq in 2008.