dumb bomb

Related to dumb bomb: smart bomb

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dumb bomb - a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target

bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

smart bomb - a bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target; "smart bombs have revolutionized aerial bombardment"

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Lockheed Martin is a qualified provider of all three Paveway-II variants to equip the Mk.80 freefall dumb bomb family; namely the GBU-10 Mk.84, GBU-12 Mk.82 and GBU16 Mk.83.

Dumb bombs with graduate degrees

The company boasts that they "can take a dumb bomb and turn it into a smart bomb".

Palestine solidarity protestors target smart bomb manufacturer in Fife

Raytheon once said: "We take a dumb bomb and make it into a smart bomb.

We can take a dumb bomb and turn it into a smart bomb - A Raytheon spokesman; GLOBAL ARMS GIANT'S SCOTS PLANT LINKED TO GAZA BLITZ THAT HAS KILLED 2000

JDAM is a tail kit that turns an unguided dumb bomb already in the warfighter's arsenal into an accurate smart munition.

Air Force Materiel Command news service (March 17, 2006): JDAM continues to be warfighter's weapon of choice

Strap the $20,000 electronics kit onto the tail of a standard-issue dumb bomb, and you've created a deadly precision weapon that can be guided to its target by GPS satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above.

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During a war that generated so much rhetoric about precision-guided smart bombs, the cluster bomb is the ultimate "dumb bomb." Many don't explode on impact.

The Mess NATO Left Behind

If other air forces follow Britain's lead, the days of the dumb bomb may be numbered.

GPS proves jam resistant: type the phrase "GPS jammer" into any Internet search engine, and you'll find dozens of sites assuring you that anyone with a modest degree of hobbyist electronic construction skills can build a jammer able to disrupt the Global Positioning System, an essential navigation aid in modern combat. But as the Iraqi armed forces learned in March 2003, GPS isn't so easy to knock out. (Navigation)

After flying from a deployed location, one of the bombers could drop 24 global positioning system-guided joint direct attack munitions, Flights like these, dropping 2,000-pound dumb-turned-smart bombs, took most of the fight out of the enemy [See "Not So Dumb Bomb," June 2001].

Power, speed, lethality: the B-1 Lancer is an aerodynamic marvel that brings patience and accuracy to the war on terrorism

Beyond that, the JDAM is effective only when commanders know the precise location of their target, meaning a fixed site like a bridge or a building (or the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which a JDAM leveled, and which a $1,000 dumb bomb could have flattened just as efficiently).

Letters

It starts as a 1,000-pound or 2,000-pound dumb bomb. The $18,000 JDAM conversion kit gives it a higher IQ

Not So Dumb Bomb

The JDAM is not constructed as a complete weapon, but rather as a "tail kit" assembly that converts existing "dumb bomb" warheads into precision-guided weapons.

Hammers of the Gods: GPS weapons are transforming the air-ground battle

Or, stand off and fire cruise missiles, laser-guided bombs or joint direct attack munitions [See "Not So Dumb Bomb," Page 2].