US / ALLIED GBU-10

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GBU-10 Paveway I & II

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General Info:

Origin = USA
Type = High Explosive
IOC = 1976
Guidance method = Laser homing
Guidance System = MAU-157 Series (Paveway l), MAU-169 Series (Paveway II)
Mission = Air interdiction
Targets = Mobile hard, fixed soft, fixed hard
Platforms = A-10, F-15, F-16, F-117, F-14, F-18


Performance:
Accuracy = 30ft
Drag = 15
Min Release Alt. = 1480ft
Range = 8nm


Dimensions:
Length = 168in
Diameter = 18in
Fin Span = 66in
Weight = 2562lbs


Warhead:
BLU-109 for penetration (535 lbs. Tritonal) (GBU-10I/B)
MK 84 for Blast/Fragmentation (945 lbs. Tritonal) (GBU-10C/B)
Lethal Radius = 3000ft
Fuse = Contact (FMU-81 N/T)

The Guided Bomb Unit-10 (GBU-10) utilizes the 2,000-pound general purpose or penetrating warhead. The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target. The GBU-10 consists of an MK-84 2,000 pound bomb with an added laser guidance package. The GBU-1OI mates a BLU-109B weapon with a Paveway II laser guidance kit. This improved 2,000-pound bomb is used against targets requiring deeper penetration.

The munition was used during Operation Desert Storm, and, according to the Air Force, hit 78 percent of its targets. In Operation Desert Storm, GBU-10/10Is were used extensively by F-15Es and F-111Fs mainly against bridges, Scuds, C3I (command, control, communications, intelligence) nodes, and bunkers. Of the 2,637 expended,'44 over one- third were dropped by F-111Fs, and the rest by F-117s, F- 15Es, and Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.

There are two generations of GBU-10 LGBs: Paveway I with fixed wings and Paveway II with folding wings. Paveway II models have the following improvements: detector optics and housing made of injection-molded plastic to reduce weight and cost; increased detector sensitivity; reduced thermal battery delay after release; increased maximum canard deflection; laser coding; folding wings for carriage, and increased detector field of view. (Paveway II's instantaneous field of view is thirty percent greater than that of the Paveway I's field of view).
 
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