CZ:Precision-guided munition Subgroup

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•  617 Squadron: Royal Air Force squadron, the "Dam Busters", formed for precision bombing, originally Operation Chastise, in WWII; continues in attack roles ^[e]
• AGM-130: An air-to-surface missile derived from the GBU-15 guided bomb, using television or imaging infrared electro-optical guidance through an AN/AXQ-14 data link ^[e]
• ASW-55: Bidirectional imaging and control link for the AGM-142 Raptor missile, carried on an underwing pod ^[e]
• AXQ-14: A two-way, video-to-aircraft and command-to-weapon, data link system between the main-in-the-loop operator aboard the aircraft that launches GBU-15 and AGM-130 guided weapons; pod-mounted and adaptable to a variety of aircraft ^[e]
• AZON: WWII television-guided electro-optical guided bomb, which could be steered only in azimuth ^[e]
• Project APHRODITE: Add brief definition or description
•  Ballistic missile defense: A combination of sensors, command and control systems, and missile/warhead kill mechanisms that protect a region, or, in the case of the U.S., theaters of operations as well as the nation proper. ^[e]
• BLU-109: 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]
• BLU-110: Hard target penetrator of the 1000 pound class, compatible with the Mark 83 bomb, filled with PBXN-109 and with a thermal protective coating ^[e]
• 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]
• BLU-117: Hard target penetrator of the 2000 pound class, compatible with the Mark 83 bomb, filled with PBXN-109 and with a thermal protective coating ^[e]
• BLU-118: Thermobaric explosive warhead filler in a BLU-109 2000-pound hard target penetrator case ^[e]
•  BLU-121: 2000-pound class thermobaric explosives warhead hard target penetrator, successor to BLU-118 with improved CS-1c steel hardened case allowing bomb to "skip" over ground and a new AFX-757 explosive ^[e]
• BLU-126: Low Collateral Damage Bomb; carbon fiber nonfragmenting bombcase and reduced PBXN-109 explosive filler when compared to BLU-111 with which it has identical ballistics and compatibility with Joint Direct Attack Munition and PAVEWAY laser guidance kits ^[e]
•  Operation Chastise: The Royal Air Force operation against German dams, by the "Dam Busters" of 617 Squadron ^[e]
• Common Tri-Mode Seeker: (CMTS) a missile guidance subsystem that combines thermal imaging, radar and laser guidance, built by Raytheon ^[e]
• DSU-33: A modular subcomponent for U.S. bomb fuzes, principally the FMU-139, which senses the proximity of the onrushing ground and tells the fuze, so it can detonate the bomb, if so programmed, as an airburst ^[e]
•  Electro-optical tracking: The use of electronics, possibly in combination with mechanical positioning systems, to aim an optical system at a source of infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light, and follow it for purposes of observation or weapons guidance ^[e] split out guidance article?
• FMU-139: With a number of manufacturing variants, a common electronic fuze and detonator for U.S. bombs; impact or delay detonating in its basic form and airburst-capable with the addition of a DSU-33 sensor ^[e]
• FMU-157: Hard Target Smart Fuze (HTSF) for deep penetration of bombs into ground, concrete, or rock before penetration ^[e]
• FZU-38: Add brief definition or description
•  Fuze: A mechanical, pyrotechnic or electronic device that causes the initiation of a detonator after some sensed event or events ^[e] or specific fuzes
•  Fritz-X: First used by the Luftwaffe in WWII, the first precision guided munition to be used by an aircraft to attack a ship; a visually-guided rocket-boosted bomb ^[e]
•  GBU-15: 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]
• GBU-16: 1000-pound Mark 83 bomb with PAVEWAY II guidance ^[e]
• GBU-24: 2000-pound-class laser-guided bomb with U.S. PAVEWAY III guidance ^[e]
• GBU-27: Add brief definition or description
• GBU-28: 5000 pound class hard target penetrator used in the Gulf War as a laser-guided bomb, reported as the "Bunker Buster" dropped by retired F-111 aircraft; EBGU-28 now used by F-15E Strike Eagle and B-2 Spirit ^[e]
• GBU-31: Joint Direct Attack Munition that uses a 2000 pound bomb, and has combined inertial guidance refined with the Global Positioning System ^[e]
• GBU-32: Joint Direct Attack Munition that uses a 1000 pound bomb, and has combined inertial guidance refined with the Global Positioning System ^[e]
•  GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb: A relatively small U.S. guided bomb, several of which can be carried in a single rack position intended for Mark 8x series conventional bombs; with its accurate guidance, and the use of a new explosive, AFX-757, which puts higher pressure into a smaller radius, it reduces collateral damage while allowing more targets to be hit in a sortie ^[e]
•  GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb: Second generation of the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, now in development, with inertial navigation supplemented with GPS for midcourse guidance, an multiple terminal guidance modes using the Common Tri-Mode Seeker (laser, imaging infrared, radar, GPS); has the ability to hit moving targets ^[e]
• GBU-54: Joint Direct Attack Munition with laser guidance in addition to combined inertial guidance refined with the Global Positioning System, and uses a 500 pound bomb ^[e]
•  Go-onto-location-in-space: A weapons guidance paradigm in which the weapon guides itself to a specific set of geographic coordinates and activates its warhead, rather than sensing and tracking a target ^[e]
•  Go-onto-target: A guidance paradigm in which the sensor follows a potentially moving signal from the target, rather than going to a set of predefined geographic coordinates ^[e]
• Imaging infrared: Add brief definition or description
•  Inertial navigation: Add brief definition or description
• KAB-500S: Add brief definition or description
•  Laser designator: Add brief definition or description
•  LITENING: Add brief definition or description
• Man-in-the-loop: Add brief definition or description
•  Midcourse: Add brief definition or description
•  MIL-STD-1553: Add brief definition or description
•  MIL-STD-1760: Add brief definition or description
• Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact: Add brief definition or description
• Precise time of arrival munitions: Add brief definition or description
• RAZON: Add brief definition or description
• Terrain contour matching: Add brief definition or description
• XM501 NLOS launch system: Add brief definition or description