Oct 052012
 

Shockwaves are awesome. The Small Diameter Bomb delivers.


A GBU-39/B small diameter bomb strikes a BM-21 rocket launcher during a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in 2005. SDB was integrated on the F-15E Strike Eagle first, and is being delivered to combat units for use in the war on terrorism.

A small diameter bomb hits an A-7 parked inside a concrete aircraft shelter during a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. SDB is an autonomous, 250 pound class weapon that can be used in adverse weather and has a standoff range of more than 50 nautical miles.

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