JDAM strike

[A Can of Man]

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=198597

Amazing how differently these air dropped munitions blow up now. It comes in straight down instead of an angle.

 

[AFSteliga]

Precision-guided munitions are an impressive thing, but they still have an angle to them on impact, it's just closer to vertical than dumb munitions.

 

[senojekips]

If you pause the video right at 10:00 seconds and click through it one frame at a time you will see the "lump" coming down just to the left of the flag. I'd say about 5 degrees from vertical.

 

[AFSteliga]

Really isn't much horizontal momentum on them when they come in, is there?

 

[senojekips]

Really isn't much horizontal momentum on them when they come in, is there?

Nothing that would lessen their ability to penetrate the earth anyway.

 

[A Can of Man]

Amazing stuff... really cuts down on the collateral damage.

 

[Lunatik]

Precision-guided munitions are an impressive thing, but they still have an angle to them on impact, it's just closer to vertical than dumb munitions.

I think that angle is necessary since the bomb is continuously trying to navigate to its lased target.

What's the advantage of a vertical impact anyway? Other than perhaps to penetrate into a bunker or something?

 

[A Can of Man]

Less collateral damage would be one.
More energy directly on target would be the other.
But I'm not exactly the air strike authority...