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BLU-111: Navy-developed equivalent of Mark 8x series conventional bomb, with same ballistics but filled with the insensitive high explosive, PBXN-109; may have heat-resistant paint and other safety enhancements ^[e]

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Mark 8x series conventional bomb [r]: The main family of U.S. high-explosive unguided gravity bombs, to which guidance kits such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition or PAVEWAY laser guidance can be attached ^[e]
Guided bomb [r]: An unpowered, aircraft delivered weapon, which adjusts its course using aerodynamic control surfaces, and is controlled by a human operator or on-board autonomous guidance ^[e]
Hard target penetrator [r]: A bomb or warhead intended to penetrate rock, concrete or armor before exploding ^[e]
- BLU-109 [r]: 2000 pound class warhead designed as a hard target penetrator; ballistically identical to Mark 84 bomb, BLU-111, and BLU-126 so can accept Joint Direct Attack Munition and PAVEWAY laser guidance kits ^[e]

FMU-143 [r]: United States Air Force electro-mechanical impact delay fuzing system for BLU-109 and BLU-113 hard target penetrator bombs, either guided or unguided ^[e]
PAVEWAY laser guidance [r]: Four-generation series of U.S. laser-guided bomb guidance kits ^[e]
PBXN-109 [r]: An insensitive high explosive made with plastic bonding techniques, used in a wide range of U.S. and allied munitions; composed of 65% RDX (explosive), 15% hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene and, 20% aluminium powder ^[e]

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon [r]: A U.S. precision-guided munition, originally an unpowered guided bomb with much greater gliding range than the cheaper Joint Direct Attack Munition; powered variants with more extensive capabilities are in development ^[e] AGM-154A is built around BLU-111 warhead
GBU-15 [r]: 2000-pound electro-optical guided bomb with television or imaging infrared, fire-and-forget or man-in-the-loop guidance via AN/AXQ-14 data link; may use Mark 84, BLU-109 or BLU-118 warhead; the AGM-130 is an air-to-surface missile derivative ^[e]
Joint Direct Attack Munition [r]: An add-on guidance kit that converts a standard Mark 8x "dumb bomb", or ballistic equivalent, into a precision-guided munition, using inertial navigation enhanced with GPS satellite navigation ^[e]