Terrible Attack: USAF Drop New Ship Killing Smart Bomb 2,000-pound GBU-31 Sinking Russian Vessel
Published at : May 04, 2022
The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Has Sunk Its First Vessel
The U.S. Air Force’s new air-launched maritime strike experiment, known as Quicksink, has, for the first time, destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. The experiment, which aims to provide a low-cost anti-ship capability by using a modified 2,000-pound class GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, is now onto its second round of trials. You can read our coverage of the first phase here.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced the successful trial under the Quicksink Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, or JCTD, which took place yesterday over the 120,000-square-mile Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range. The single modified JDAM was launched from an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter as part of a collaborative effort between AFRL, Eglin’s Integrated Test Team, the 780th Test Squadron of the 96th Test Wing, and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron of the 53rd Wing. The Air Force release did not mention the type of target vessel that was hit, but we have requested more information about this.
The previous Quicksink test took place in August last year. On that occasion, three F-15Es from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron were involved in experiments against “both moving and static maritime targets.”
Previously in 2021, there was another Quicksink experiment, this one involving JDAMs dropped from a B-52H bomber from the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, “in order to assess the viability of specific maritime impact conditions,” according to the Air Force.
AFRL video shows a Quickstrike weapon concept launched from an F-35 against a container vessel armed with a covert missile launcher. There is no confirmation that this reflects the actual appearance of the Quicksink JDAM seeker head, at this stage, but the video depicts the launching F-35 receiving targeting data from a P-8. It then launches the weapon after uploading the targeting data into it. The weapon then flies to the predicted vicinity of the target, whereupon it activates its “all-weather maritime seeker,” searches for it autonomously, and then locks onto it. Once locked on, it makes its terminal attack on the ship.
Lastly, Quicksink emphasizes the low cost of this anti-ship solution, meaning that potentially the Air Force can procure large numbers of these weapons. Having a big stockpile, or the ready availability of such weapons could be of particular importance in the kinds of high-end maritime warfare scenarios that would likely be played out in a future confrontation with Russia or China.
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The U.S. Air Force’s new air-launched maritime strike experiment, known as Quicksink, has, for the first time, destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. The experiment, which aims to provide a low-cost anti-ship capability by using a modified 2,000-pound class GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, is now onto its second round of trials. You can read our coverage of the first phase here.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced the successful trial under the Quicksink Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, or JCTD, which took place yesterday over the 120,000-square-mile Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range. The single modified JDAM was launched from an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter as part of a collaborative effort between AFRL, Eglin’s Integrated Test Team, the 780th Test Squadron of the 96th Test Wing, and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron of the 53rd Wing. The Air Force release did not mention the type of target vessel that was hit, but we have requested more information about this.
The previous Quicksink test took place in August last year. On that occasion, three F-15Es from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron were involved in experiments against “both moving and static maritime targets.”
Previously in 2021, there was another Quicksink experiment, this one involving JDAMs dropped from a B-52H bomber from the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, “in order to assess the viability of specific maritime impact conditions,” according to the Air Force.
AFRL video shows a Quickstrike weapon concept launched from an F-35 against a container vessel armed with a covert missile launcher. There is no confirmation that this reflects the actual appearance of the Quicksink JDAM seeker head, at this stage, but the video depicts the launching F-35 receiving targeting data from a P-8. It then launches the weapon after uploading the targeting data into it. The weapon then flies to the predicted vicinity of the target, whereupon it activates its “all-weather maritime seeker,” searches for it autonomously, and then locks onto it. Once locked on, it makes its terminal attack on the ship.
Lastly, Quicksink emphasizes the low cost of this anti-ship solution, meaning that potentially the Air Force can procure large numbers of these weapons. Having a big stockpile, or the ready availability of such weapons could be of particular importance in the kinds of high-end maritime warfare scenarios that would likely be played out in a future confrontation with Russia or China.
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