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Definition of GBU-28
1. Noun. A 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground facilities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of GBU-28
| GAP-43 GAP protein GATT GB GBA GBA SP GBC GBE GBH GBI | GBL GBNI GBS GBTW GBU-28 (current term) GB plc GC GCA GCC GCE | GCHQ GCI GCK-like kinase GCMS GCN2 protein kinase GCNS GCP GCS GCSE |
Literary usage of GBU-28
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Future Air Force Needs for Survivability by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"SOURCES: See Imp:// www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/gbu-28.htm, accessed August
22, 2006; and http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/jassm.htm, ..."
2. Decisive Force: Strategic Bombing in the Gulf War by Richard G. Davis (1998)
"Just before the cease fire, two Fl 1 IPs of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing each
carried a single GBU-28 to Command Leadership Bunker #2 at Al Taji. ..."
3. Effects of Nuclear Earth-penetrator And Other Weapons by Nas (2005)
"The Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) is a weapon developed for penetrating ...
The GBU-28 is a 5000 pound, laser-guided conventional munition that uses a 4400 ..."
4. Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm. (1993)
"At Eglin, the vital components were united, and explosive was added.18 The process
of loading the GBU-28 with explosives also challenged the men and women ..."
5. Air Power and Desert Storm by Richard B. Clark (1993)
"On the war's final dawn, a specialized penetrator, the GBU-28, destroyed Iraq's
most hardened command facility. In the span of a few months, the Air Force ..."
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