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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) [3] general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a nose-mounted laser seeker and fins for guidance. A member of the Paveway series of weapons, Paveway II entered into service c. 1976 .
Raytheon's Enhanced dual-mode GPS and Laser guided version of the laser-only GBU-10. GBU-59 Enhanced Paveway II – Mk 81 250 lb (113.4 kg) bomb. Raytheon's Enhanced dual-mode GPS and Laser guided version of the laser-only GBU-58. Although GBU-48 etc. are the formal designation for the versions with GPS/INS, they are widely referred to as EGBU ...
Precision guided munition GBU-16: United States Paveway-series laser-guided bomb GBU-24: United States laser-guided bomb GBU-27: United States laser-guided bomb GBU-31: United States Fixed target, precision strike, moving vehicle GBU-32: United States Fixed target, precision strike, moving vehicle GBU-89 Gator: United States air-dropped anti ...
2,000lbs laser guided bomb GBU-32: United States Joint-Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) 1,000lbs precision guided bomb GBU-39/B: United States Focused-Leathality Munition (FLM) 250lbs precision guided bomb BLU-109: United States Hardened Penetration Bomb 550lbs free-fall bomb MPR-500: Israel 500lbs precision guided bomb MLGB: Israel 250lbs laser ...
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More than 4,500 GBU-12/Mk82 laser-guided bombs were dropped on Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. [7] France requested 1,200 Mk82s in 2010 to Société des Ateliers Mécaniques de Pont-sur-Sambre (SAMP) which builds Mk82s under license. [8] Saudi Arabia requested 8,000 Mk82s in 2015, along with guidance kits and other weapons. [9]
A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb. First developed by the United States during the Vietnam War , laser-guided bombs quickly proved their value in precision strikes of difficult point targets.
GBU-10 shortly before it impacts a small boat during a training exercise. In 1962, the US Army began research into laser guidance systems and by 1967 the USAF had conducted a competitive evaluation leading to full development of the world's first laser-guided bomb, the BOLT-117, in 1968.