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The Paveway
series of Laser Guided Bombs includes:
- GBU-10 Paveway II Mk 84 2000 lb (907 kg) bomb
- GBU-12 Paveway II Mk 82 500 lb (227 kg) bomb
- GBU-16 Paveway II Mk 83 1000 lb (454 kg) bomb
- GBU-22 Paveway III Mk 82 500 lb (227 kg) bomb. Developed at
the same time as GBU-24, with some limited export success, but
was not adopted by USA as it was felt to be too small of a warhead
for the desired effects at the time.
- GBU-24 Paveway III Mk 84/BLU-109 2000 lb (907 kg) class bomb
- GBU-27 Paveway III BLU-109 2000 lb (907 kg) bomb with penetration
warhead, specially designed for F-117
because the large fins of GBU-24 do not fit into the bomb bay
of F-117.
- GBU-28
Paveway III During the Gulf War, the deepest and most
hardened Iraqi bunkers could not be defeated by the BLU-109/B penetrator warhead, so a much more
powerful "bunker buster" GBU-28 was developed. The
latest warhead used in the GBU-28/B series is the BLU-122/B,
a development of earlier BLU-113 on early GBU-28s.
- Paveway
IV 500 lb (227 kg) bomb
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