US military and Swedish military work together to make a game changer missile that will make a difference on the modern battlefield. Description and Purpose: The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) revolutionizes rocket artillery. GLSDB will provide the warfighter with a long-range, precision fires weapon capable of conducting reverse slope engagements and defeating targets ranging from hardened facilities to soft-skinned assets. With 360-degree target engagement ability, GLSDB provides commanders and planners with a highly flexible weapon that complements existing ballistic trajectory weapons. GLSDB is an integration of combat proven systems, not a developmental program. It builds upon Boeing’s highly successful Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) and existing Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rockets. The SDB I is a 250-pound class weapon with an Advanced Anti-Jam Global Positioning System aided Inertial Navigation System, combined with a multipurpose penetrating blast-and-fragmentation warhead and a programmable electronic fuze. The result of this integration is an innovative, low risk weapon that provides significantly more capability over current MLRS rockets. More than 10,000 SDBs have been built at Boeing’s award-winning, modern production facility in St. Charles, Mo. Since the first SDB delivery in April 2005, every weapon has been delivered on time and at cost. General Characteristics  Increased range – extends range 60km beyond current Guided MLRS  Highly accurate  All angle, all aspect attack – even targets behind the launch point  Multiple rocket, multiple target, near simultaneous impact  All weather, 24/7 availability  Terrain avoidance, such as mountains  Cave breaching capability  Launches from hidden or protected positions to avoid detection  Programmable fuze provides impact and delay fuzing for deep penetration or proximity height-of-burst  SDB Focused Lethality Munition variant is also an option for low collateral damage  Laser SDB variant provides moving target capability Key Performance Factors  Compatible with M270A1 MLRS and M142 HIMARS platforms  150 km range  360-degree target engagement ability Six rockets per pod Dimensions  Length: 154 in.  Weight: 615 lbs. Warhead  Penetrating blast fragmentation  Weight: 205 lbs. – 4340 steel cylindrical case with conical-shaped nose  Explosive Fill: 36 lbs. Insensitive Munition Certified  Fuse: Integrated Electronic Safe/Arm Fuse System Impact and Delayed Settings with Height of Burst Sensor  Size: 71 in. (L) x 7.75 in. (H) x 7.5 in. (W)  Wingspan: 63.3 in. (open), 7.5 in. (stowed) Guidance Set:  Inertial Navigation System (INS)/Global Positioning System  Anti-jam and Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module  Advanced Core Processor Two Module The United States Armed Forces[N 1] are the federal military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.[7] The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. The President of the United States is the military's overall head, and helps form military policy with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out. The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and Cabinet member. The Defense Secretary is second in the military's chain of command, just below the President, and serves as the principal assistant to the President in all DoD-related matters.[8] To coordinate military action with diplomacy, the President has an advisory National Security Council headed by a National Security Advisor. Both the President and Secretary of Defense are advised by a seven-member Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the head of each of the Defense Department's service branches as well as the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Leadership is provided by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[9] The Commandant of the Coast Guard is not a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. All of the branches work together during operations and joint missions, under the Unified Combatant Commands, under the authority of the Secretary of Defense with the exception of the Coast Guard, which is under the administration of the Department of Homeland Security and receives its operational orders from the Secretary of Homeland Security. However, the Coast Guard may be transferred to the Department of the Navy by the President or Congress during a time of war.[10] All five armed services are among the seven uniformed services of the United States, the two others being the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (under the Department of Health and Human Services) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (under the Department of Commerce).

• published: 23 May 2015
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