Posted on 06/22/2020 6:42:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The United States tested the new smart bomb, GBU-53 StormBreaker, using one of their modern warplanes.
According to reports, the U.S. Navy’s FA-18E/F Super Hornet fighter and attack aircraft launched the GBU-53 StormBreaker all-weather bomb on a designated target.
The new bomb can be used in all weather conditions, including poor visibility, Janes Defense reported last week.
An RMD spokesperson told Janes that the U.S. Air Force determines the number of tests needed to validate the bomb, but did not specify when it would be available.
“The USAF (US Air Force) program office, in co-ordination with the USN, determine the appropriate number of tests to validate different parameters. These will be a combination of development and operational test shots of which several will be live firings.”
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the missile will change “the rules of the game.”
When aiming at a target, the bomb uses a semi-active laser and GPS. The StormBreaker has a range of more than 45 miles (72 km).
The small dimensions indicate that many of these bombs will be placed on a single American fighter, including their F-15E jets, which can carry up to 28 of these missiles.
Being sold to Australia and Korea....I bet Taiwan would love a few thousand....
So is it a bomb or a missle?
It’s a missile that’s DA BOMB!.................
Nice to bomb a target, from 45 miles away
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That doesn’t seem like much of a stand-off distance for weapons delivery to me. I must be missing something.
They are around the cost of 2 Teslas.
Who wins when two $5.00 terrorists driving a $1000.00 truck are blown up by a $50,000.00 bomb dropped from a mission costing $20,000.00 in fuel and maintenance?
Those “UFO” video’s released from the Navy files...hmmmm,
If I were Russians or Chinese military folks, I would consider them a very broad hint as in “don’t mess with the US”...we’ll have you hamstrung 7 days from sunday”
There is no way the Navy would just let those videos out without jailing those who did it unless it was to send a very chilling message!
How about if you move to a country that has less precise bombs, and I stay here?
two $5.00 terrorists can cause millions in death and destruction..........
I actually like big, imprecise bombs like MOABs. Ha Ha.
They send a message that everyone can comprehend.
The guy driving the aerial bomb delivery system platform does not mind.
“An RMD spokesperson told Janes that the U.S. Air Force determines the number of tests needed to validate the bomb.....
.....’According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the missile will change “the rules of the game.’”
Then is it a bomb or a missile?
45 miles for a moving vehicle.
69 miles for a stationary target.
It’s a missile that’s DA BOMB!......................
Then imagine someone dropping a load from that 45 mile distant area, and that missile coming down through your sunroof.
Must be a pants wetter!
Overkill when a MOAB would do the job.
28 times! for your friends.
They don’t even have to pay for the vehicle as criminals, they can hijack it or abuse a workplace vehicle for terrorism.
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