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Parent topics
- Gravity bomb [r]: A bomb with no supplemental propulsion, whose trajectory is determined by initial velocity and gravity, or by the action of aerodynamic control surfaces. [e]
- Warhead [r]: That part of a military weapon, which actively moves to strike a target, that causes the desired destructive effect on the target [e]
Subtopics
Warheads
- 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]
- BLU-110 [r]: 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-113 [r]: 5000 pound class hard target penetrator warhead, used with GBU-24 and GBU-27 laser guidance and FMU-143 fuze [e]
- BLU-117 [r]: 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 [r]: Thermobaric explosive warhead filler in a BLU-109 2000-pound hard target penetrator case [e]
- BLU-121 [r]: 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-122 [r]: 5000 lb class hard target penetrator warhead, improvement on the BLU-113 used as part of GBU-28 with F-15E Strike Eagle and B-2 Spirit aircraft [e]
Fuzes and accessories
- FMU-143 [r]: U.S. Air Force electro-mechanical impact delay fuzing system for BLU-109 and BLU-113 hard target penetrator bombs, either guided or unguided [e]
- FMU-162 [r]: Planned higher-reliability, more flexible replacement for the FMU-139 bomb fuse, with limited hard target penetrator capability [e]
Complete munitions
- AGM-130 [r]: 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]
- AGM-142 Raptor [r]: Originally an Israel Aircraft Industries precision-guided standoff weapon called the POPEYE, then the AGM-142 HAVE NAP, the first standoff PGM for the B-52, and now used by the Royal Australian Air Force and Turkish Air Force [e]
- B61 (nuclear weapon) [r]: A thermonuclear fusion device implemented as a "tactical" gravity bomb that has a low to medium variable yield; the B61-11 version has limited ground penetration capability [e]
- BLU-107 Durandal [r]: Hybrid of a gravity bomb and unguided rocket designed to crater runways [e]
- Electro-optical guided bomb [r]: Guided bomb under man-in-the-loop control that contains a television or imaging infrared viewer, aerodynamic control surfaces and a two-way link that allows the operator to steer it into the target [e]
- 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]
- PAVEWAY laser guidance [r]: Four-generation series of U.S. laser-guided bomb guidance kits [e]
- GBU-28 [r]: 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]
- 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]
- GBU-31 [r]: Joint Direct Attack Munition that uses a 2000 pound bomb, and has combined inertial guidance refined with the Global Positioning System [e]
- GBU-38 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator [r]: Add brief definition or description
Historic
- Barnes Wallis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 617 Squadron [r]: Add brief definition or description