Pentagon approves sale of smart bombs to Israel
4,208 views · Published 12 January 2013 · 1:02 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2013 · News & Politics
The Pentagon on Monday notified Congress that it had approved the sale of nearly 7,000 GPS-guided weapons to Israel. Israel requested 6,900 Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits, or JDAMs, as part of a weapons purchase request worth $647 million that comes as tensions mount with Middle East rival Iran. The JDAM is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs into so-called "smart" bombs. JDAMs can be preprogrammed to hit a target or navigate autonomously toward a target using GPS. JDAM kits are built by Boeing along with Alliant Techsystems, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Raytheon. This animation explains how the JDAM system works.
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