JDAM enables employment of accurate air-to-surface weapons against high priority fixed and relocatable targets from fighter and bomber aircraft. Guidance is facilitated through a tail control system and a GPS-aided INS.

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs). JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS

Jun 30, 2015 · When you’re outside the wire, few things are as awesome and powerful as seeing a JDAM strike firsthand. When it comes to taking out the bad guys, few pieces of hardware stack up to the Joint...

May 30, 2014 · HD 720pThe Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs" into all-weather "smart" munitions. JDAM-equip...

JDAM enables employment of accurate air-to-surface weapons against high priority fixed and relocatable targets from fighter and bomber aircraft. Guidance is facilitated through a tail control...

Sep 1, 2006 · JDAM and other near-precision and precision weapons are more valuable than ever, now that the chief adversaries of the United States are terrorists, say Air Force officials. As in the Zarqawi strike, air weapons can destroy their safe houses without destroying their surrounding neighborhoods.

Aug 22, 2019 · • The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a low-cost, autonomously controlled, adverse weather, accurate guidance kit tailored for Air Force/Navy general purpose bombs to include: - 2,000-pound Mk 84 and BLU-109 bombs - 1,000-pound Mk 83 and BLU-110 bombs - 500-pound Mk 82, BLU-111, and BLU-126 bombs

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs" into all-weather "smart" bombs. JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an inertial guidance system connected to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. [1] This gives them a range of up to 15 nautical miles (28 km).

Feb 7, 2025 · Closed-circuit television video has emerged offering a new, very up-close and personal view of the large-scale and highly-coordinated Israeli strike on Hezbollah’s command bunker in Dahieh, a southern Beirut suburb and stronghold of the militant organization, on Sept. 27, 2024. GBU-31/B Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs with BLU-109/B bunker-busting warheads were the primary weapon ...

Aug 29, 2018 · JDAM ("j-dam") was destined to transform the way in which the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps conducted air strikes against ground targets, because it delivered pinpoint accuracy regardless...