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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 ...
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.
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-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 ...
A laser-guided GBU-24 (BLU-109 warhead variant) strikes its target. 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 package consists of a seeker package attached to the nose of the weapon, and a wing kit attached to the rear to provide ...
The GBU-44/B Viper Strike was first used in combat in September 2007. An MQ-5A Hunter UAV used one to kill two men who were setting up a roadside bomb. [5] On September 1, 2009, it was reported that the Hunter had successfully completed testing of the new GPS-guided Viper Strike weapons system and that it would soon deploy to theater. [6]
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]