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U.S. Navy Tests Turbojet-Powered JDAM Long Range

The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the new JDAM Long Range variant which, powered by a small turbojet engine, traveled approximately 200 nautical miles during two test events. The U.S. Naval Air Systems ...
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JDAM Kits: How the US Navy and Air Force Make “Dumb” Bombs Smart

JDAM kits make it possible for any bomb to be used as a precision-guided munition at relatively low cost—making them vital tools on the modern battlefield. For most of aviation history, bombs were ...