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To: CindyDawg

Typically guided bombs are from 1000 lbs to 2000 lbs. As far as I'm aware, but then, I'm not an Air Force guy.

It could have been a lot of smaller ones, or several medium sized ones.


157 posted on 07/19/2006 2:59:55 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascism, now ACT LIKE IT, PRESIDENT BUSH!)
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To: SFC Chromey

Smart weapons: he JDAM will upgrade the existing inventory of Mk-83 1,000- and Mk-84 2,000-pound general purpose unitary bombs and the 2,000-pound hard target penetrator bomb by integrating a guidance kit consisting of an inertial navigation system/global positioning system guidance kit. The 1,000-pound variant of JDAM is designated the GBU-31, and the 2,000-pound version of the JDAM is designated the GBU-32. JDAM variants for the Mk-80 250-pound and Mk-81 500-pound bombs are designated GBU-29 and GBU-30, respectively. Hard Target penetrators being changed into low-cost JDAMs included the 2,000 pound BLU-109 and 1,000 pound BLU-110.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/jdam.htm


167 posted on 07/19/2006 3:03:08 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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