RES/KIT 48-0119 GBU 31 Bomb (2 pcs) (A-10, B-1, B-2, F-15, F-16, F-35)

The GBU-31 is a modern American guided aerial bomb based on the classic BLU-109 bomb weighing 907 kilograms with a warhead weighing 240 kilograms. GBU-31 was created as a result of works carried out by Boeing and Lockheed Martin in the mid-1990s, on behalf of the USAAF and the US Navy. These works were to lead to the possibility of targeting classic air bombs (eg BLU-109) at the target. This goal was achieved by developing a relatively cheap (unit cost is about $ 20,000) and easy to install JDAM system, which includes an additional bomb-mounted tail, inertial guidance systems and a GPS receiver. The system is capable of operating in all weather conditions and - most likely - in all climatic conditions. It is estimated that in the years 1998-2016, the Boeing concern produced over 300,000 JDAM sets. GBU-31 bombs could or could be carried by such planes as, for example: F-14D, F-16 C / D or F / A-18 E / F, but also B-1B Lancer or B-2 Spirit bombers. Weapons of this type were used between the 1999 Kosovo conflict and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.