The GBU-28 (Guided Bomb Unit‐28) is a 4,000-pound (1,800 kg) class laser-guided "bunker busting" bomb produced originally by the Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet...
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The GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is a precision-guided, 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) "bunker buster" bomb used by the United States Air Force...
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The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a 250-pound (110 kg) precision-guided glide bomb that is intended to allow aircraft to carry a greater number...
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Bomb Unit‐72 (GBU‐72), also known as the Advanced 5K (A5K) Penetrator, is a bunker busting bomb developed in the United States. The GBU-72 is described...
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with F-15E Strike Eagle, F-111 'Aardvark' and F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The GBU-15 has long-range maritime anti-ship capability with the B-52 Stratofortress...
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The GBU-27 Paveway III (Guided Bomb Unit) is a laser-guided bomb with bunker buster capabilities, it is a GBU-24 Paveway III (fitted on the warhead of...
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The GBU-37 (Guided Bomb Unit-37) Global Positioning System Aided Munition (GAM) was developed for use with the B-2 Bomber. The bomb can penetrate hardened...
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size due to the addition of the 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) GBU-28 in 1991, the 22,600 lb (10,300 kg) GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) in 2003...
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Joint Direct Attack Munition (redirect from GBU-36)
GBU-31(V)1/B (USAF) Mk 84 GBU-31(V)2/B (USN/USMC) Mk 84 GBU-31(V)3/B (USAF) BLU-109 GBU-31(V)4/B (USN/USMC) BLU-109 GBU-31(V)5/B (USAF) BLU-119/B GBU-31v11:...
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The GBU-10 Paveway II is an American Paveway-series laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 84 general-purpose bomb, but with laser seeking capabilities and...
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The GBU-12 Paveway II is an American aerial laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 82 500 lb (230 kg) general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a nose-mounted...
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GBU-24 Paveway III or simply GBU-24 is a family of laser-guided bombs, a sub-group of the larger Raytheon Paveway III family of weapons. The Paveway guidance...
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GBU may refer to: Air Bissau (ICAO code: GBU), the national airline of Guinea-Bissau Football Association of Greenland (Grønlands Boldspil-Union), the...
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The GBU-53/B StormBreaker, previously known as the Small Diameter Bomb II, is an American air-launched, precision-guided glide bomb. Development was started...
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GBU-43, or "mother of all bombs", which is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the inventory of the US Armed Forces, and earlier conceived of the GBU-28,...
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BLU-109 bomb (redirect from GBU-31 (V)4/B)
marks of the GBU-15 electro-optically guided bomb, the GBU-24 Paveway III and GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bombs, as well as the GBU-31 Joint Direct...
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explosive. They were laser-guided and were designated "Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28)". It was proven effective for the intended role. An example of a Russian...
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The GBU-8 Homing Bomb System (HOBOS) is a 2,000 lb (910 kg) electro-optical guided bomb developed for the United States Air Force. The GBU-8 consists of...
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The GBU-44/B Viper Strike glide bomb was a GPS-aided laser-guided variant of the Northrop Grumman Brilliant Anti-Tank (BAT) munition which originally...
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1,000lbs laser guided bomb GBU-27 Paveway III United States Bunker busting capabilities 2,000lbs laser guided bomb GBU-28 United States Bunker busting...
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America. Developed in 1984, it is effectively a rocket-boosted version of the GBU-15 bomb. It first entered operational service on 11 January 1999, and was...
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have announced that HOPE has greater penetration capability than a USAF GBU-28 munition. A first test flight with HOPE, carried by a Tornado of the German...
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for different purposes. The Mk82 is the warhead for the GBU-12 laser-guided bombs and for the GBU-38 JDAM. Currently only the General Dynamics plant in...
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bomb GBU-15 GBU-10 Paveway II GBU-12 Paveway II GBU-24 Paveway III GBU-27 Paveway III GBU-28 (Bunker buster) GBU-31 or GBU-38 {8 GBU-31s or 16 GBU-38s}...
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improvements have also increased reliability. The Danish military uses a 3.4×28 optical sight mounted on top of the receiver which can be set from 300 to...
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nuclear B61, and conventional thermobaric weapons and GBU-28. One of the more effective housings, the GBU-28 used its large mass (2,130 kg or 4,700 lb) and casing...
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Search for New 7.62mm Rifle". Military.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-09-27. Cox, Matthew (2018-03-06). "Army Plans to...
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M61 Vulcan (redirect from PGU-28)
Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2008. "20MM PGU-28 A/B" (PDF). General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems...
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Jets for President and Top Aides Is Unveiled." The New York Times, April 28, 1959, p. 3. O'Halloran, Thomas. "U.S.S.R. Moscow, on plane, American B-707...
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