GBU-15
Sign in to saveThe Rockwell International Guided Bomb Unit 15 is an unpowered glide weapon used to destroy high-value enemy targets. It was designed for use with F-15E Strike Eagle, F-111 'Aardvark' and F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The GBU-15 has long-range maritime anti-ship capability with the B-52 Stratofortress.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- GBU-15
- Weapon.image
- GBU-15 xxl.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 350
- Weapon.caption
- A GBU-15(V)21/B
- Weapon.origin
- United States
- Weapon.type
- Precision guided munition (PGM)
- Weapon.is_explosive
- y
- Weapon.is_missile
- y
- Weapon.service
- 1975–present
- Weapon.used_by
- USAF
- Weapon.wars
- Operation Wooden LegPersian Gulf War
- Weapon.designer
- Rockwell International
- Weapon.design_date
- 1970s
- Weapon.variants
- GBU-15(V)1/B GBU-15(V)21/B GBU-15(V)22/B
- Weapon.weight
- 2450 lb (1111 kg)
- Weapon.guidance
- Manual guidance by radio datalink with TV guidance or Infrared homing with Imaging Infra-red
- Weapon.steering
- Aerodynamic
- Weapon.launch_platform
- F-4 Phantom II B-52 Stratofortress F-111 Aardvark F-15E Strike Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon
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The Rockwell International Guided Bomb Unit 15 is an unpowered glide weapon used to destroy high-value enemy targets. It was designed for use with F-15E Strike Eagle, F-111 'Aardvark' and F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The GBU-15 has long-range maritime anti-ship capability with the B-52 Stratofortress.
==Overview== The weapon consists of modular components that are attached to either a general purpose Mark 84 bomb or a penetrating-warhead BLU-109 bomb. Each weapon has five components—a forward guidance section, warhead adapter section, control module, airfoil components, and a weapon data link.