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The Paveway series of 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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