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Dumb Bombs & Smart Munitions

v1.4.1 / TOC / 01 dec 02 / greg goebel / public domain

* The aerial bomb was one of the twentieth century's innovations in warfare, and has proven decisive in many conflicts. With the development of advanced electronic sensor and guidance systems, and improved jet and rocket propulsion, weapons designers have been able to improve on bomb technology to build "smart" bombs and missiles that can perform precision attacks on targets.

This document provides a survey of unguided "dumb" or "iron" aerial bombs, and air-launched "smart" bombs and missiles. As smart munitions are in rapid evolution at this time, this document will be updated periodically to keep up with changes in the technology.

[1.0] Dumb Bombs (1): Unitary Bombs

• [1.1] BASICS OF DUMB BOMBS
  
• [1.2] A SHORT HISTORY OF DUMB BOMBS
  
• [1.3] UNITARY EXPLOSIVE BOMBS
  

[2.0] Dumb Bombs (2): Cluster Munitions & Other Bombs

• [2.1] US SUU-7, SUU-13, & SUU-14 DISPENSERS
  
• [2.2] US ROCKEYE, SUU-30, & TMD CANISTERS
  
• [2.3] FRENCH BELOUGA / BRITISH BL-755 CBUS
  
• [2.4] BRITISH JP-233 / GERMAN MW-1 DISPENSERS
  
• [2.5] OTHER INTERNATIONAL CLUSTER MUNITIONS
  
• [2.6] NAPALM, FAE, & RUNWAY-ATTACK BOMBS
  
• [2.7] POWER DISRUPTION BOMBS & EMP / HPM WARHEADS
  

[3.0] World War II Glide Bombs

• [3.1] GERMAN GLIDE WEAPONS: GLIDE TORPEDOES / HAGELKORN
  
• [3.2] GERMAN GLIDE WEAPONS: HS-293 / FRITZ-X
  
• [3.3] USAAF GLIDE WEAPONS: BG. GB, VB SERIES
  
• [3.4] US NAVY GLIDE WEAPONS: GARGOYLE, PELICAN, BAT
  
• [3.5] JAPANESE & SOVIET GUIDED MUNITIONS / PROJECT PIGEON
  

[4.0] Modern Glide Bombs

• [4.1] WALLEYE, HOBOS & THE EO GUIDED BOMBS
  
• [4.2] THE PAVEWAY LASER GUIDED BOMBS
  
• [4.3] GPS-INS GUIDANCE
  

[5.0] Unguided Rockets

• [5.1] UNGUIDED ROCKETS IN WORLD WAR II
  
• [5.2] 70 MILLIMETER ROCKET (FFAR)
  
• [5.3] ZUNI / INTERNATIONAL UNGUIDED ROCKETS
  

[6.0] Guided Air-To-Surface Missiles

• [6.1] AGM-12 BULLPUP
  
• [6.2] AS-20 / AS-30 / AS-30L
  
• [6.3] AJ-168 MARTEL
  
• [6.4] AGM-65 MAVERICK
  
• [6.5] AGM-142 RAPTOR
  
• [6.6] AGM-130
  
• [6.7] SOVIET-RUSSIAN ASMS
  
• [6.8] OTHER ASMS
  

[7.0] Anti-Radar Missiles

• [7.1] AS-37 MARTEL / ARMAT
  
• [7.2] AGM-45 SHRIKE
  
• [7.3] AGM-78 STANDARD ARM
  
• [7.4] AGM-88 HARM
  
• [7.5] AGM-122 SIDEARM
  
• [7.6] ALARM
  
• [7.7] ARMIGER
  
• [7.8] SOVIET-RUSSIAN ARMS
  
• [7.9] OTHER ANTI-RADAR MISSILES
  

[8.0] Antiship Missiles (1)

• [8.1] ANTISHIP MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
  
• [8.2] SAAB RB-04 / RBS-15F
  
• [8.3] LIGHT ANTISHIP MISSILES: AS-12 / AS-15TT / SEA SKUA
  
• [8.4] KONGSBERG PENGUIN / NSM
  
• [8.5] EXOCET
  
• [8.6] OTOMAT / MARTE
  
• [8.7] SEA EAGLE
  

[9.0] Antiship Missiles (2)

• [9.1] AGM-84 HARPOON
  
• [9.2] SLAM / SLAM-ER
  
• [9.3] KORMORAN / ASM-1, ASM-2 / GABRIEL / HSIUNG FENG
  
• [9.4] OTHER ANTISHIP WEAPONS
  

[10.0] Smart Munitions, The Next Generation

• [10.1] SMART BOMBS: GAM / JDAM / AASM
  
• [10.2] SMART BOMBS: WCMD / SDB
  
• [10.3] SMART SUBMUNITIONS: SFW
  
• [10.4] SMART SUBMUNITIONS: LOCAAS / BAT
  
• [10.5] STANDOFF WEAPONS: JSOW / JASSM
  
• [10.6] STANDOFF WEAPONS: APACHE / SCALP / STORM SHADOW
  
• [10.7] STANDOFF WEAPONS: MJOELNIR / TAURUS
  
• [10.8] STANDOFF WEAPONS: PGM / TORGOS / MSOV
  

[11.0] Targeting Pods & Smart Shells

• [11.1] INTRODUCTION TO TARGETING PODS
  
• [11.2] ALD / PAVE KNIFE / TRIM / LRMTS & PAVE PENNY
  
• [11.2] PAVE SPIKE / PAVE TACK / TRAM / IRADS / ETC
  
• [11.3] LANTIRN / NITE HAWK & ETC
  
• [11.4] SNIPER / ISRAELI LITENING / ATFLIR / ATP
  
• [11.5] FRENCH ATLIS, PDLCT, DAMOCLES / BRITISH TIALD
  
• [11.6] SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) TARGETING SYSTEMS
  
• [11.7] SMART ARTILLERY SHELLS & MORTAR ROUNDS
  

[12.0] Comments, Sources, & Revision History

• [12.1] PERSONAL COMMENTS
  
• [12.2] READER COMMENTS
  
• [12.3] SOURCES
  
• [12.4] REVISION HISTORY