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give them nearly pinpoint accuracy.
Guided Bomb Units – These bomb units have precision targeting capabilities and are
guided by various means. Laser Guided Bomb Units (GBUs) rely on the ability to designate a
target with a laser beam. The target can be designated by various means which include: the
launching aircraft, another aircraft, a drone aircraft, or ground forces. The technology within the
GBUs seeks out the radiated laser energy that is reflected from a designated target and guides the
GBU to the target.
Laser GBUs come in various sizes. These include: the GBU-10 (a 2,000 pound bomb
with a general purpose or penetrating warhead); the GBU-12 (a 500 pound bomb with a general
purpose warhead); the GBU-24 (a 2,000 pound bomb with a general purpose or penetrating
warhead specially designed for low altitude drops during poor visibility); and the GBU-28 (the
5,000 pound bunker buster).
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The GBU-15 is a 2,500 pound glider bomb; it is guided by a totally different means than
the laser guided bomb. It uses either Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates or is guided
by remote control. Under the direct attack mode (GPS mode) the target is preselected and the
bomb is locked on target before launching. In the indirect attack mode (remote control) the bomb
is equipped with either a TV camera or an infrared camera which is used during both night
launches and during poor visibility. The pilot then steers the bomb to the target.
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AGM-130 – The AGM-30 is a guided missile which has the same guidance system as the
GBU-15. It can be preprogrammed with GPS coordinates or steered by remote control. It is
2,900 pounds; its speed and range are classified and it can be equipped with a normal
fragmenting or penetrating warhead.
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AGM-65 Maverick – The Maverick is a tactical missile designed for close in air support,
interdiction and defense suppression. The Maverick is a modular weapon that enables it to be
effectively deployed against a wide array of ground or sea based targets. The guidance system
has three options: electro-optical television, imaging-infrared, or laser-guided. There are two
options for warheads, either a 125-pound cone-shaped or a 300-pound delayed-fuse penetrator.
Its range and speed are classified.
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AGM-122 Sidearm – The Sidearm is a guided missile designed to take out anti-aircraft
guns. It “employs passive radar detection, proportional navigation guidance, and an active
optical target detecting device.” The passive radar detection picks up ground based air defense
radar and targets it. The AGM-122A uses “a conically scanning semi-active seeker”. Another
radar guided missile is the AGM-88 HARM.
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LGM-30 Minuteman III – The Minuteman III is an ICBM with MIRV warhead
capabilities. The maximum number of warheads is three. Many of the missiles are being down
graded to only one warhead. This is a result of negotiations between President Bush made with
Russian President Vladamir Putin in 2001. It was agreed that the US would reduce its stockpile
of 6,000 nuclear warheads to 2,200 by 2012. The US has already decommissioned the
Peacekeeper ICBM which carried 10 warheads.
The Minuteman III has a maximum speed of over 15,000 mph and a range of over 6,000
miles. It can reach anywhere in the world within 35-minutes. It has an inertia guidance system
and 99.5 percent are always ready to launch.
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