GBU-72 - Wikipedia
The Guided Bomb Unit‐72 (GBU‐72), also known as the Advanced 5K (A5K) Penetrator, is a bunker busting bomb developed in the United States. The GBU-72 is described as a 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) class precision-guided bunker busting bomb which uses a JDAM guidance kit. [3]
The Air Force's New 5,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb Breaks Cover
Oct 12, 2021 · The GBU-72/B offers an improved all-weather bunker-busting capability in between the Air Force's 2,000-pound and 30,000-pound class types.
USAF’s Eglin test squadron releases GBU-72 Penetrator for first …
Oct 13, 2021 · Designed for both fighter and bomber aircraft, the GBU-72 development sought to overcome ‘hardened deeply buried target’. Next year, the GBU-72 programme will move to further JDAM integration test flights as well as developmental and operational testing.
GBU-72: The U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Drops Enormous Bunker Buster Bomb
Oct 15, 2021 · The US Air Force (USAF) has performed the first test drops of its new Boeing Guided Bomb Unit‐ (GBU)-72 Advanced 5K (A5K) Penetrator, releasing the ‘bunker buster’ bomb from a Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle.
bunker-busting bomb deeply buried targets | Military Aerospace
Oct 19, 2021 · The GBU-72 was developed to overcome hardened deeply buried targets and is designed for fighter and bomber aircraft. It uses GPS/INS guidance to enable its use in any weather, and enable...
Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) JDAM - Designation-Systems.Net
The GBU-72/B Advanced 5000 lb (A5K) penetrator is a 2300 kg (5000 lb) class BLU-138/B penetrator warhead fitted with a JDAM guidance kit and tail assembly. The first drop tests occurred in 2021, and the GBU-72/B is planned to replace …
Air Force Drops New 5,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bomb for First …
Oct 20, 2021 · An F-15E strike fighter completed a series of three tests Thursday with the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator dropped at 35,000 feet over the range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., the Air Force said...
Air Force’s New 5K Penetrator “Bunker Buster” Weapon Gets Tested
Nov 18, 2021 · The U.S. Air Force announced on October 12 that it completed tests on its new “Bunker Buster” weapon, which is officially called the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator. The bomb was released by a 96th...
L’US Air Force teste sa nouvelle bombe anti-bunker de 5000 livres GBU-72
Oct 13, 2021 · C’est précisément le rôle de la nouvelle bombe GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator, une bombe de 5000 livres (2.268 kg) équipée d’un système de guidage JDAM inertiel et satellite, et conçue pour frapper avec une grande précision sa cible afin de détruire les bunkers les mieux protégés, et qui peut être mise en oeuvre par un chasseur ...
F-15E Strike Eagle set to carry GBU-72 bunker busters - Citadel
May 15, 2024 · After decades of experience dropping the 2,268kg, laser-guided GBU-28 bunker buster bomb, the US Air Force (USAF) has selected the F-15E Strike Eagle to carry the next generation GBU-72. The F-15E Strike Eagle is the USAF's all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-ground multi-role fighter.
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