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JDAM

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Noun1.JDAM - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
Joint Direct Attack Munition
guidance device, guidance system - a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)
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The new weapon would need to kill a target as effectively as the GBU-31 JDAM but work in a smaller area and cause less collateral damage.
Air Force Print News (Sept. 14, 2006): changes to acquisition ... by Lopez, C. Todd / Defense AT & L
Industry has sustained us in this Long War, bringing in innovation (and assuming risk in JDAM, ROVER, and UAV production for example)
Cyberspace dominance, the information mosaic and precision strike by Wynne, Michael W. / Air Force Speeches
Smart" variants of such weapons, such as the joint direct attack munition, or JDAM, can be guided to a target with great precision, theoretically avoiding damage to nearby troops on one's own side, or to nearby civilians.
Transformations of war and public perception: implications for 21st ... by Adinall, Robert / The Canadian Army Journal
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