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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]
Subtopics
Series members
- Mark 81 bomb [r]: 250 pound class low-drag gravity bomb (LDGB) of the Mark 8x series conventional bomb family [e]
- Mark 82 bomb [r]: 500 pound class low-drag gravity bomb (LDGB) of the Mark 8x series conventional bomb family [e]
- Mark 83 bomb [r]: 1000 pound class low-drag gravity bomb (LDGB) of the Mark 8x series conventional bomb family [e]
- Mark 84 bomb [r]: 2000 pound class low-drag gravity bomb (LDGB) of the Mark 8x series conventional bomb family [e]
Unguided derivatives
- BDU-45 [r]: Originally a 500 lb practice bomb with an inert filler and a impact-marking charge, but has been equipped with guidance kits for use as a kinetic-energy-only weapon producing minimal collateral damage; ballistically combatible with Mark 83 bomb; if fuzed, usually uses FMU-139 [e]
- BLU-109 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- BLU-110 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- BLU-111 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- BLU-117 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- BLU-118 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- BLU-126 [r]: Add brief definition or description
Guided derivatives
- GBU-15 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb [r]: 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- PAVEWAY laser guidance [r]: Four-generation series of U.S. laser-guided bomb guidance kits [e]
- Insensitive high explosives [r]: Explosives, principally for military use, which have an extremely low probability of detonating accidentally or other than as intended in a specific application; not easily converted to improvised explosive devices, will not detonate when engulfed in fire, and, when used in the high explosive initator of a nuclear weapon, unable to trigger fission unless precisely triggered [e]