JDAM

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » April 13, 2003, 1:43 pm

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/mis ... m_back.htm

Basically, it's a "kit" that's mounted onto dummy bombs, making them satellite guided smart bombs. The kit is inexpensive, and proved very successful in the Iraqi war. Pretty awesome concept, someone was thinking inside the box on this one. Why pay millions of dollars per smart bomb when you can spend a few grand on some fins and an uplink system, which in effect turns your entire stockpile of dummy bombs into satellite smarties.

Forthe · Post by **Forthe** » April 13, 2003, 1:56 pm

Inside the box?

I agree, it was a good idea.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » April 13, 2003, 2:18 pm

Yea just seems like something that should have come about long before now.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 13, 2003, 8:05 pm

Licenses for export of JDAM have been approved, and significant international sales of JDAM kits are expected.

Well hey that's always good news!

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » April 13, 2003, 10:31 pm

good news for our allies, bad news for those "against" us

Mak · Post by **Mak** » April 14, 2003, 3:53 am

Krimson Klaw wrote:good news for our allies, bad news for those "against" us

Let's hope we know which is which 5 or 10 years from now.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » April 14, 2003, 9:36 am

If we start attacking everyone that does not bow to our demands, our allies list will shrink so fast that we'll have no one to sell them to.