Bunker Busters With Winged JDAM-ER Kits Could Allow For Near Horizontal Strikes On Fortified Targets
With their pop-out wings, JDAM-ERs already offer valuable extra reach that helps keep launching aircraft further away from threats. The post Bunker Busters With Winged JDAM-ER Kits Could Allow For Near Horizontal Strikes On Fortified Targets appeared first on The War Zone .
The development of winged JDAM-ER kits for bunker busters represents an ongoing evolution in precision munitions, driven by the need for standoff capabilities against hardened targets.
This development significantly enhances offensive capabilities against deeply fortified structures, increasing the survivability of attacking aircraft and potentially altering geopolitical calculus concerning such targets.
The ability to deliver bunker-busting munitions from greater distances and at shallower angles changes tactical approaches to attacking fortified positions, making them more vulnerable.
- · Air Forces with advanced precision munitions
- · Defense contractors specializing in guidance systems and munitions
- · Nations facing threats from heavily fortified adversaries
- · Adversaries relying on deeply buried bunkers for defense
- · Nations with limited advanced air defense capabilities
This technology provides military forces with a more effective and safer means to neutralize hardened, deeply buried targets.
It may lead to a re-evaluation of defensive strategies for critical infrastructure and command centers that rely on deep hardening.
The proliferation of such capabilities could increase the perceived feasibility of strikes against complex, protected targets in future conflicts, potentially lowering the threshold for such operations.
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