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E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
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Does anyone have steel-umbrella? :D

[url]http://members.cox.net/angela.stevenson/11may04jdam_wsep.mpg[/url]

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  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    Drat...I forgot to post those yesterday... :D
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    If you go frame by frame, you can see that the barrel they used as a target survived mostly intact, albeit not in anything close to its original shape. If that was a [i]good[/i] shot, there would've been nothing but shrapnel. ;)
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    :eek:
    [SIZE=1]mommy![/SIZE]
    :eek:
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    Jdam is a bunker buster, its not designed to paste surface targets, it's designed to drill a freakin' hole and blow up deep underground. Allthough there is only one frame to look at, I cant see a guidance hard on it, either it was dropped 'dumb', (which makes sense, no point in 'wasting' a guidance head if you just want to test 'Kerblooieness' ), or the movement blur makes the guidance indistinct.

    As far as the 'steel umbrella' goes, if you mean against debris... cool... if you mean protection from the actual munition... make that a 3 yard thick hardened steel umbrella.... then you MIGHT survive...:)
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by shadow boxer [/i]
    [B]Jdam is a bunker buster, its not designed to paste surface targets, it's designed to drill a freakin' hole and blow up deep underground.[/B][/QUOTE]
    Wrong, there's versions of it with older MK-serie GP-warhead and newer BLU-serie hardened penetrator.
  • An ex-SquidAn ex-Squid Elite Ranger
    Correct. A JDAM is any bomb (Mk. 82, Rockeye, BLU series, etc.) that is fitted with a JDAM guidance kit. As far as accuracy goes, hitting a specific part of a target with a JDAM (just as one can with a laser guided weapon) isn't really possible as JDAM uses GPS for guidance. Still, it's accurate enough to take out any fixed target, especially when its dropped from 35,000 ft or higher; the bomb can then pick up signals from four or more GPS satellites, which drops the JDAM's circular error of probabilty, or CEP, down to less than four feet. Again, it's not as accurate as a LGB, but it's good enough to take out most structures (especially in bad weather or areas with lots of AAA or SAMs, where using LGBs would be pointless or very dangerous).
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by An ex-Squid [/i]
    [B]Again, it's not as accurate as a LGB, but it's good enough to take out most structures (especially in bad weather or areas with lots of AAA or SAMs, where using LGBs would be pointless or very dangerous). [/B][/QUOTE]
    Yeah, with LGBs you have to lase object for entire flight of bomb which means you're sitting duck. (flying in straight line)
    With JDAMs there are lot more options.
    For fixed targets like buildings, coordinates can even be stored to aircrafts targeting computer before flight and then you just select target from list (PB-mode) and computer tells those coordinates to bomb and starts calculating are you close enough (or have you enough speed) so that target is in range of weapon. (you can increase range by "lofting" bomb)
    And when targeting computer says "In range" you can release the bomb and start escaping from area.
  • StrikerStriker Provided with distinction
    Wow...I've known about this for 4 days now. Y'all are starting become slow. :D
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    whoops... another case of acronymitis, I got all 'fused in the head... :D...anyways... there doesnt seem to be a guidance head on the bomb in question... so its defenitely not an LGB...and by the looks of the ogive sort of point on the bomb it is a late model BLU, the older ones just aint as pointy and mean..

    and... Paveway four has a backup GPS and 'loss of laser' backup targeting, it can 'remember' where its supposed to go...

    it wont be long before the munition will be able to work out which guidance system to use to stay on track... then ask for a name and address when it gets there... :)
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by shadow boxer [/i]
    [B]it wont be long before the munition will be able to work out which guidance system to use to stay on track... then ask for a name and address when it gets there... :) [/B][/QUOTE]
    LOL :D
    Bomb asking: "What/Who do you want to bomb today?"
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by shadow boxer [/i]
    [B]
    it wont be long before the munition will be able to work out which guidance system to use to stay on track... then ask for a name and address when it gets there... :) [/B][/QUOTE]

    Consider the [url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/jassm.htm]JASSM[/url]

    [quote]
    The missile has automatic target recognition, autonomous guidance, precision accuracy, and a J-1000 warhead optimized for penetration and carrying a new high-yield explosive.
    [/quote]

    ...and now with a variable warhead!
    [quote]
    LOCAAS has a multimode warhead and a maneuvering airframe to produce a high performance submunition . The warhead can be detonated as a long rod penetrator, an aerostable slug, or as fragments based on the hardness of the target.
    [/quote]
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    Lockheed Martin - Missiles and Fire Control: LOCAAS
    [url]http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.com/our_products/strikeweapons/LOCAAS/product-locaas.html[/url]


    Couple clips about JASSM
    [url]http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.com/our_products/strikeweapons/JASSM/product-jassm.html[/url]
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