U.S. Approves StormBreaker Glide Bombs For Japan

stormbreaker weapon display

A display of the StormBreaker munition.

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SINGAPORE—The U.S. State Department has approved Japan’s request to acquire RTX GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) glide munitions, better known as the StormBreaker, along with a range of other precision-guided weapons. The proposed $82 million package includes 28 GBU-53s, 120 GBU-39...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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