JDAM converts unguided bombs into GPS-guided precision weapons.

JDAM converts unguided bombs into GPS-guided precision weapons.

• A. Offers self-protecting countermeasure technology.
• B. Improves flight speed via afterburner.
• C. Converts unguided bombs into GPS-guided precision weapons.
• D. Provides laser-guided navigation to the target.

Answer: (C)

JDAM is a guidance kit that attaches to standard unguided bombs, turning them into GPS-guided precision weapons. The kit provides navigation using GPS, often with an inertial reference to keep guiding even if GPS temporarily degrades, and steers the bomb to a preloaded target coordinate. This makes the bomb accurate in all weather and at various stand-off ranges. It does not add afterburner propulsion, nor is it focused on self-protecting countermeasures, and it isn’t laser-guided—laser guidance is a feature of separate Paveway-type systems. So the statement about converting unguided bombs into GPS-guided precision weapons exactly captures what JDAM does.

JDAM is a guidance kit that attaches to standard unguided bombs, turning them into GPS-guided precision weapons. The kit provides navigation using GPS, often with an inertial reference to keep guiding even if GPS temporarily degrades, and steers the bomb to a preloaded target coordinate. This makes the bomb accurate in all weather and at various stand-off ranges. It does not add afterburner propulsion, nor is it focused on self-protecting countermeasures, and it isn’t laser-guided—laser guidance is a feature of separate Paveway-type systems. So the statement about converting unguided bombs into GPS-guided precision weapons exactly captures what JDAM does.