Guided bomb

BOLT-117, the world's first laser-guided bomb

A guided bomb (also known as a smart bomb, guided bomb unit, or GBU) is a precision-guided munition designed to achieve a smaller circular error probable (CEP).[1][2]

The creation of precision-guided munitions resulted in the retroactive renaming of older bombs as unguided bombs or "dumb bombs".

  1. ^ Hamilton, Richard (1995). "Precision guided munitions and the new era of warfare". Air Power Studies Centre, Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  2. ^ "Bomb With A Brain". British Pathé newsreel 52/51A, June 23, 1952. Accessed 2013-04-04.

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