• The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs)...
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  • www.af.mil. U.S. Air Force Factsheets: Joint Direct Attack Munition John Pike. "Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1...
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    aerial bomb glide range extension kit, similar to the American Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM-ER). The guidance system and gliding function...
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    visibility does not affect satellite-guided weapons such as Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW), which make use of the United...
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    Mk 81 Snakeye bombs and 500 lb M-47 napalm canisters). GBU-29 Joint Direct Attack Munition, a precision guided version of the Mark 81 (cancelled). Small...
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    into guided standoff munition. These maneuverable guided bombs are similar in roles to the American Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kit but with longer...
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  • aircraft and bomb guidance units such as the GPS guided GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb.[citation needed] BLU-116...
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    2,000-pound (910 kg) BLU-109 bunker buster bombs with JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) guidance kits in the strikes that killed Hassan Nasrallah. The...
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    satellite navigation system and is the Russian equivalent of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapons family. It was first used during the Russian military...
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    deployment of GPS-aided bombs (GAMs), later superseded by the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). In the B-2's original configuration, up to 16 GAMs or...
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    carry out precision attacks, using 24-channel GLONASS and is equivalent to the United States Air Force (USAF) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) family of...
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    GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bombs, as well as the GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and AGM-130 air-to-surface missile. The BLU-118 is reportedly...
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    Federal Register. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2023. "Israel – Joint Direct Attack Munition Tail Kits and Munitions". Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
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    (such as the B-2) and the Tail Subassembly (TSA) will give them Joint Direct Attack Munition levels of accuracy, allowing the fifty kiloton warhead to have...
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    weapons for the outboard station include the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), Paveway series of bombs, Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), and cluster munitions...
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  • retrieved 29 May 2023 Janes (29 November 2022), "GBU-31/32/38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)", Janes Weapons: Air Launched, Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's...
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    Constantly computed impact point General-purpose bomb Guided bomb Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Laydown delivery "Evaluation of a Ballute Retarder System...
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    wing hardpoints. This increases the number of guided weapons (Joint Direct Attack Munition or JDAM) a B-52 can carry and reduces the need for guided bombs...
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    The first part of the electronic countermeasures upgrade added Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), ALE-50 towed decoy system, and anti-jam radios. Block...
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    sixteen GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs; four AMRAAMs; one 2,000 lb Joint Direct Attack Munition; two HARMs; and two fuel drop tanks. The F-15EX can carry multiple...
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    21 October, the Alpha element of ODA 595 guided in the first Joint Direct Attack Munition bomb from a B-52, impressing Dostum. As part of its operations...
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  • Limited., retrieved 2 June 2023 Janes (1 June 2023), "GBU‐31/32/38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)", Janes Weapons: Air Launched, Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's...
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    GBU-31 United States Joint-Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) 2,000lbs laser guided bomb GBU-32 United States Joint-Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) 1,000lbs precision...
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  • (France) (AASM) FT PGB – (China) LS PGB – (China) LT PGB – (China) Joint Direct Attack Munition – (United States) (JDAM) HGK – (Turkey) Denel Dynamics Umbani...
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    A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions. Commonly, this is a cluster...
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    air-to-ground precision guided munitions (PGMs) similar to the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The Iron Dome system began operating in early 2011, initially...
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    including advanced fighters, attack helicopters and the Joint Direct Attack Munition system. A series of major joint military technology development...
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    behind the munition.[needs update] This system is supposed to be capable of near real-time BDA by directly observing the interaction of the munition with the...
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    General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (category 2000s United States attack aircraft)
    air-to-ground missiles, the AIM-9 Sidewinder, and the GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). Tests are underway to allow for the addition of the AIM-92...
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    analogous to the addition of a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail-kit to a dumb iron bomb, creating a precision guided munition. The system began production...
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