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jdam::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | joint direct attack munition |
| Type of | guidance device, guidance system |
Examples of jdam
jdam
The palace itself had been hit by one of those bunker-busting bombs, the JDAM.
From the edition.cnn.com
More than 190,000 regular JDAM kits have been shipped to date, Boeing says.
From the signonsandiego.com
The laser-capable JDAM bomb first homes in on coordinates using its GPS-aided guidance system.
From the signonsandiego.com
Of course Rome, at the time, did not have Predator Drones, JDAM-equipped bombs or credit default swaps.
From the forbes.com
However, the advent of the Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAM, in the late 1990s has opened up new possibilities.
From the newscientist.com
While a GBU-28 may cost $145,000, a JDAM is $10,000.
From the newscientist.com
The JDAM kits were outfitted on the B-2s.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For instance, a typical weapons load on an F-16 flying in the Iraq War included a single 2,000-lb JDAM and two 1000-lb LGBs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These could either be JDAM munitions, fitted with GPS and internal gyroscope-based guidance systems, or laser-guided bombs.
From the newscientist.com
What is new is adding a laser seeker to the precision-guidance systems already built into the basic JDAM kit that Boeing began producing in 1998.
From the signonsandiego.com
- Joint Direct Attack Munition: a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
- Joint Direct Attack Munition, being a programmable and steerable SMART BOMB or MISSILE which can strike its assigned target from any altitude under any weather or light conditions by following its integral GPS guidance. ...
- Joint Direct Attack Munition, being a GPS-duidane package added to existing bomb bodies, US designations being GBU-29 (with Mk 81 bomb), GBU-30 (Mk 82), GBU-31 (Mk 83), GBU-32 (Mk 84 or BLU-109/B) and GBU-35 (BLU-110/B).
- Pronounced jaydam, any of the GBU-38 or GBU-31 GPS guided bombs
