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The Manila Times
April 19, 2018
The missiles included Tomahawk naval-based missiles, a highly accurate, GPS-enabled precision weapon which has been used more than 2,000 times in combat, as well as GBU-38 guided air bombs fired from the B-1B, F-15 and F-16 aircraft. The British Tornados launched eight Scalp EG missiles.
Voltaire Network
April 16, 2018
As evident by the available data, 103 cruise missiles have been launched, including Tomahawk naval-based missiles as well as GBU-38 guided air bombs fired from the B-1B; the F-15 and F-16 aircraft launched air-to-surface missiles. The Tornado airplanes of the UK RAF launched eight Scalp EG missiles ...
Eurasia Daily
April 16, 2018
According to Sergey Rudskoy, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the Syrian air defense forces intercepted 71 out of the 103 missiles launched on Syria, including Tomahawks launched by Laboon and Monterey ships, GBU-38 bombs launched by ...
Sputnik International
April 14, 2018
... with SCALP naval land attack cruise missiles (SCALP the French military's name for the Storm Shadow), as well as several Dassault Rafale fighters, also typically armed with SCALP or Apache cruise missiles. According to the Russian defense ministry, the B-1Bs also fired GBU-38 guided air bombs.
TASS
April 14, 2018
MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Syria has intercepted 71 out of 103 cruise missiles fired by the United States and its allies, Head of the Russian General Staff's Main Operations Department Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi said on Saturday. "According to available information, a total of 103 cruise missiles were fired…
War on the Rocks
March 9, 2018
A single Reaper conducted a deliberate strike against a Taliban narcotics facility with four GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (a GPS-assisted munition only recently added to the Reaper's arsenal) and then transitioned to an intelligence-gathering mission. Unlike the Predator of 2001, this aircraft was ...
IHS Jane's 360
March 8, 2018
It has also been cleared for the carriage of two GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs and the GBU-38 500 lb variant of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), and for mixed loads of these weapons. To date, the Reaper has been employed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and ...
The Drive
February 26, 2018
Airmen work to assemble a number of 500-pound class GBU-38/B JDAMs. The BLU-134/B cast ductile iron bomb could become a new warhead option for these GPS-guided weapons. To further improve their effectiveness, the final BLU-134/Bs and -136/Bs have a special height-of-burst sensor-enabled ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
December 22, 2017
The GBU-31 is a 2,000-pound bomb, with the smaller GBU-38 packing a 500-pound warhead. Either can use Global Positioning System guidance to hit within about 35 feet of a target. Let's just say your day won't go well after that, nor will you have any chance of future improvement. Its stealth technology ...
The Drive
August 18, 2017
Based on what we'd seen, their primary weapons had been 500-pound class GBU-38/B JDAMs, GBU-12/B Paveway II laser-guided bombs, and GBU-58/B dual-mode laser JDAMs. AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missiles and rocket pods loaded with laser-guided 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon ...
The Drive
May 31, 2017
These weapons often had the BLU-109/B penetrating warhead, which could break through the roof of a concrete building before exploding within for maximum damage. The service quickly decided to save weapons like the GBU-38(V)4/B and 5/B “for expected urban fights” such as the liberation of Fallujah ...
Airforce Technology
May 10, 2017
The US Air Force's (USAF) 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing and the 26th Weapons Squadron (WPS) has successfully fired two GBU-38 joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) from an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The trials were conducted as the JDAM is being added to the air ...
Air Force Link
May 7, 2017
An MQ-9 Reaper is loaded with a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb on the left and a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition on the right April 13, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The JDAM is a GPS guided munition which brings added capability to the warfighters, specifically by aircrews being able to employ ...
Breaking Defense
May 5, 2017
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE: The Air Force has added the Joint Direct Attack Munition (GBU-38) a GPS-guided bomb, to the Reaper drone force, dropping the first one in a combat strike in Operation Inherent Resolve on Thursday. Lt. Col. David, director of the Creech Wing Operations Center, told me in a ...
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
The unmanned aircraft is larger than its MQ-1 Predator drone cousin, features laser designators for dropping GBU-12 Paveway II bombs, a synthetic aperture radar for integrating GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and the capability to carry an armament of four Hellfire air-to-ground anti-armor and ...
Naija247news
December 31, 1999
The unmanned aircraft is larger than its MQ-1 Predator drone cousin, features laser designators for dropping GBU-12 Paveway II bombs, a synthetic aperture radar for integrating GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and the capability to carry an armament of four Hellfire air-to-ground anti-armor and ...
i-HLS
December 31, 1999
It has also been cleared for the carriage of two GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs and the GBU-38 500 lb variant of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), and for mixed loads of these weapons. To date, the Reaper has been employed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and ...
