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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 .
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.
The latest warhead used in the GBU-28/B series is the BLU-122/B, a development of earlier BLU-113 on early GBU-28s. Paveway IV – 500 lb (227 kg) bomb; GBU-48 Enhanced Paveway II – Mk 83 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb. Raytheon's Enhanced dual-mode GPS and Laser guided version of the laser-only GBU-16. GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II – BLU-133 500 lb ...
GBU-12 Paveway II: United States 500lbs laser guided bomb GBU-15: United States 2,000lbs precision guided bomb GBU-16 Paveway II: United States 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 capabilities 4,000lbs laser guided bomb GBU-31 ...
The Department of Defense announced $2.61 billion worth of contracts Tuesday in 52 separate awards. Raytheon won three of them. Specifically, the defense contractor won contracts for: $48.8 ...
Pages in category "Guided bombs of the United States" ... GBU-12 Paveway II; GBU-15; GBU-16 Paveway II; GBU-24 Paveway III; GBU-27 Paveway III; GBU-28; GBU-37 GPS ...
The 21,600-pound (9,797-kg) GBU-43 (Guided Bomb Unit), one of only 15 ever built, was developed after the U.S. military found itself without the ordnance needed to deal with al Qaeda tunnel ...
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