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Definition of Guided Bomb Unit-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.
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Literary usage of Guided Bomb Unit-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)
"The principal focus of this technology assessment concerns kinetic weapons, which
can be subdivided into gravity or glide weapons (eg, Guided Bomb Unit-28 ..."
2. Effects of Nuclear Earth-penetrator And Other Weapons by Nas (2005)
"The Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) is a weapon developed for penetrating hardened,
underground Iraqi command centers. The GBU-28 is a 5000 pound, laser-guided ..."
3. Decisive Force: Strategic Bombing in the Gulf War by Richard G. Davis (1998)
"One of CENTAF' s last strategic missions employed a new laser- guided weapon,
Guided Bomb Unit-28, that was literally hot off the assembly line. ..."
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