Iran very proud of its copy of an obsolete U.S. guided bomb
When I first saw a photo of Iran’s new guided bomb, the “Messenger”, I thought it looked rather familiar. According to the Iranian military, this guided bomb was developed and produced completely within Iran. But, with a little bit of a web search, I’ve discovered that it ain’t so new, or so Iranian.
During early 80’s, the U.S. was dropping a television-guided bomb called the GBU-15, which looks amazingly like that new-fangled Iranian bomb. For it’s time, it was a great piece of machinery. In 2007, it’s obsolete. Back then, the pilot or the weapons operator had to actually guide the weapon onto the target through its entire flight using a television camera in the nose of the bomb. Cloud cover, darkness, or battlefield smoke could make that process difficult. If you were good, you could keep it within a few hundred feet of your intended target. Not bad for 1983, but woefully behind the times now.
Now, U.S. fighters and bombers employing JDAMs need only input the 10-digit grid coordinate of their intended target, fly within the launch parameters, and release. That release can be done from high altitudes, with the target unseen, their aircraft unseen, and many miles away. Then, they can turn and fly home - a job well done.
Here’s some JDAM pwnage, in Iraq. Suck on that, jihadi beee-yatch!
UPDATE - Via Holy Coast, the official Iranian news agency is using a photo of the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds in a story about how great the Iranian Air Force is. Have the Thunderbirds defected?
UPDATE - Welcome Kamangir readers!
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Holy shit, that’s a wacky paintjob. And here I thought Pat Dollard photoshopped it when I saw it on his site. lol
[...] شروع شد که این بمب خیلی شبیه یک نمونه آمریکاییه. یک کم تحقیق بیشتر، نشون داد که این بمب شباهت عجیبی به Rockwell GBU-۱۵(V)/B داره. [...]
[...] Update:Iran very proud of its copy of an obsolete U.S. guided bomb [...]
[...] from the bomb, the three letter “GBU” are obviously visible on the side. This makes the idea that this is only a repainted version of the obsolete American bomb Rockwell GBU-15(V)/B more [...]
Ours is better coloured and less worn
Kamangir - I’m jealous, you came up with a better pic of GBU-15 than I did.
I think that’s the first comment in Farsi I’ve had on this blog. I must be moving up in the world!
lol
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
Idetrorce - what don’t you agree with? That it’s an obsolete bomb that was copied from a U.S. version?