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9 unusual facts about GBU


BLU-116

The shape and size mean that the BLU-116 could be used by unmodified existing aircraft and bomb guidance units such as the GPS guided GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb.

Deep Throat

GBU-28 bunker buster bomb, developed and used in the Gulf War

Eglin steel

Eglin steel (ES-1) is a high-strength, high-performance, low-alloy, low-cost steel, developed for new generation of bunker buster type bombs, e.g. the Massive Ordnance Penetrator and the improved version of the GBU-28 bomb known as EGBU-28.

GBU

Gautam Buddha University, in Greater Noida,Gautam Buddha Nagar(U.P.),India

GBU-10 Paveway II

Raytheon production of the Paveway II is centered in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.

GBU-15

During the integrated weapons system management process, AGM-130 and GBU-15 were determined to be a family of weapons because of the commonality of the two systems.

The Precision Strike Program Office at Eglin AFB became the single manager for the GBU-15, with the Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah providing sustainment support.

GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast

The basic operational concept bears some similarity to the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, which was used to clear heavily wooded areas in the Vietnam War and in Iraq to clear mines and later as a psychological weapon against the Iraqi military.

GBU-53/B

Boeing won the original competition but the project was on hold for several years due to a corruption scandal involving Darleen Druyun.


Alesia Graf

Alesia Graf (born October 14, 1980 in Homel, Belarus) is the German two-time world champion boxer (GBU, WIBF) in the Junior Bantamweight division.

Daisy Lang

On September 14, 2002 she won against Lisa Foster in a fight for the GBU world Bantamweight championship in ten rounds.

Grid fin

Grid fins have been used on conventional missiles and bombs such as the Vympel R-77 air-to-air missile; the 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27 Sizzler) family of cruise missiles; and the American Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) large-yield conventional bomb.

Jesús Felipe Rodríguez

In February 2007, Jesús Felipe took out José Alfredo Barrera to win the GBU Intercontinental Championship, then he went onto defeat Hector Alatorre and Dairo José Esalas.

Joint Direct Attack Munition

This restriction is eased in some other systems (such as the GBU-15 and the AGM-130) through the ability of a Weapon System Operator (WSO) in the aircraft to manually steer the weapon to the target.

Mark 81 bomb

GBU-29 Joint Direct Attack Munition, a precision guided version of the Mark 81 (cancelled).

T-12 Cloudmaker

Weapons of comparable size to the T-12, such as the BLU-82 and GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bombs (MOAB), were developed as latter-day United States superbombs, but their utility is limited outside the realm of psychological weapons and demolition.

Wings Over Europe

Laser Guided bombs such as the GBU-12 Paveway are included; so are the A and B versions of the AGM-65 Maverick, allowing much easier ground target destruction for the late 1970s aircraft.


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