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How far away from the target can this thing be launched?

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RE: How far away from the target can this thing be launched?

SOURCE:

https://mezha.media/en/2022/05/13/quicksink-guided-bomb-a-new-anti-ship-weapon-which-if-desired-can-hit-the-crimean-bridge/

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With a set of modifications, the discharge range of the BLU-117, which becomes GBU-31, increases to 28 km with a circular probable deviation of only 11 meters.

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That’s about 17 to 18 miles.

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Wiki says “JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, giving them a published range of up to 15 nautical miles.”

I don’t think that will reach the middle of the Pacific.

The F16 has a combat range of 295 nmi (339 mi) on a hi-lo-hi mission carrying four 1,000 pound bombs.

So this article extols this as a “low-cost” munition, but the cost of delivering it to an enemy ship is huge.