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The new GBU-38 JDAM guided bomb was tested in Iraq

Washington, USA - It has been recently unveiled by US Navy

US Navy unveiled recently that the combat airplanes shipped on the John F. Kennedy US air carrier (CV-67) performed the drop of the first two 500 pounds GBU-38 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) guided bombs in Iraq on last October 29. Such weapon system, endowed with a JDAM kit provided with a satellite guidance system, would have proven highly precise in hitting the tracked targets during the related...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107214
Rome, Italy, 11/09/2004 17:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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