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2007-01-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hmmm: Israel buys thousands of Boeing smart bomb kits

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Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-29 14:29|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Boom Baby!

Hopefully more ~~rocket launchers~~ baby ducks get hit.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-29 14:55|| 2007-01-29 14:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I would be just as happy with carpet bombing.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-29 15:11|| 2007-01-29 15:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The article says $100M buy. How many JDAM kits does that buy?

Posted by Brett 2007-01-29 15:27|| 2007-01-29 15:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Question: Are these the same JDAM's that were used in Afghanistan by our SO? You know, the kind where we've got "boots on the ground" that guide the bomb to the target through the use of lasers?

Please advise.

Iran, take note.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-01-29 15:30|| 2007-01-29 15:30|| Front Page Top

#5 And in related news;
Navy Rushes Close Air Support Weapon to Iraq (Aviation Week & Space Technology 01/29/2007)

The U.S. Navy will begin deliveries of a modified weapon designed to provide close air support to ground troops in urban areas in Iraq no later than March.

The whole article describes this new weapon, but in a nutshell is is a smaller version of a cluster bomb to be used in confined areas. I think of it as a "Rockeye-Lite."

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-29 15:32|| 2007-01-29 15:32|| Front Page Top

#6 The Navy? Are they flying CAS in Iraq?

Posted by Mike N. 2007-01-29 16:09|| 2007-01-29 16:09|| Front Page Top

#7 During its July 12-August 14 air war against Lebanon, Israel dropped more than a million cluster bombs in southern Lebanon, according to the UN, to counter Hezbollah rocket attacks that were killing Israelis.

The cluster munitions, which spread bomblets over a wide area from a single container, included artillery shells, rockets and bombs dropped from aircraft, many of which the US sold to Israel years ago, a US official told the daily.

Unless they are counting individual bomblets, I find it difficult to believe that the Israelis could drop more than a million cluster bombs in 33 days.

Posted by RWV 2007-01-29 16:12|| 2007-01-29 16:12|| Front Page Top

#8 JDAM

JDAM is being developed by Lockheed Martin and Boeing [McDonald Douglas]. In October 1995, the Air Force awarded a contract for EMD and for the first 4,635 JDAM kits at an average unit cost of $18,000, less than half the original $40,000 estimate.

$100M/$18,000 = 5,556

Posted by RWV 2007-01-29 16:22|| 2007-01-29 16:22|| Front Page Top

#9 RWV - I always figgered the million was the bomblets.

But, ya know, each one of them can kill a baby duck!

Posted by Bobby 2007-01-29 16:37|| 2007-01-29 16:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Latest JDAM contracts are running at $23,000 a piece. After the 10% US contract admin fees, the Israelis will receive 4000.

Posted by ed 2007-01-29 17:27|| 2007-01-29 17:27|| Front Page Top

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