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
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.
Mark 83 bomb
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The Mark 83 is a 1,000-pound bomb, part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs in United States service.
Joint Direct Attack Munition
…intended targets..." Due to the operational success of the original JDAM, the program expanded to the 500-pound (230 kg) Mark 82 and 1,000-pound (450 kg) Mark 83, beginning development in late 1999. As a result of lessons from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, both the US Navy and US Air…
Mk 83 bombs on USS Saratoga in 1991
Loading of Mark 83 1,000-pound general-purpose bombs
Ten Mark 83 bombs aboard a US Navy F/A-18E.
F-A-18E Super Hornet releases MK-83 1000 pound bombs during ATFLIR tests.