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Parent topics
- Precision-guided munition [r]: A powered or unpowered weapon that adjusts its flight path to hit a specific target [e]
Subtopics
- Joint Direct Action Munition [r]: An add-on guidance kit that converts a standard "dumb bomb" into a precision-guided munition [e]
- AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon [r]: A U.S. precision guided munition, originally an unpowered guided bomb with much greater gliding range than the cheaper Joint Direct Action Munition; powered variants with more extensive capabilities are in development [e]
- 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 that puts higher pressure into a smaller radius, it reduces collateral damage while allowing more targets to be hit in a sortie [e]
- GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast [r]: The U.S. non-nuclear bomb with the greatest explosive power, which is dropped from a transport aircraft and makes a guided glide to its target area [e]
Other related topics
- Cluster munition [r]: A military weapon, fired or dropped from another weapon, that releases smaller submunitions that cause the actual destructive effect [e]
- Mark 8x series conventional bomb [r]: The main family of U.S. high-explosive unguided gravity bombs, to which guidance kits such as the Joint Direct Action Munition can be attached [e]
