James Stout

JDAM, if people aren't familiar, stands for Joint Direct Attack Munition.

Think big bomb.

Like it's a guided bomb.

It can either be a bomb that comes guided or you can change a different munition to make it become guided.

These are packages, right?

Like these are kits that you take.

So you have like a bomb of various sizes because they can range and you like basically...

apply this kit to them, and it makes it into a guided munition, right?

So you can have whatever kind of explosive package you want, and you can convert it into a guided munition that you then, you know, drop or throw or whatever via, you know, whichever platform you happen to be using.

Yeah, these are like aircraft fired, right?

Yes.

Yes.

And in these case, they're extended range tail kits.

It's not the bomb itself, but the thing that allows the bomb to be delivered to a target.

Right.

Again, this is a package.

You have a bomb that's a dumb explosive, and this is the thing that you put onto it that allows it to be like a smart munition that is targeted.

Right.

Like, it's an air-to-surface munition.

Generally, they're like 1,000 or 2,000-pound warheads, I think, for the most part.