USAF achieves first successful full-up JDAM test

The U.S. Air Force successfully tested a full-up McDonnell Douglas Joint Direct Attack Munition with Global Positioning System-aided guidance for the first time last Tuesday, after glitches occurred during two earlier tests. The Nov. 26 mission was a replica of the first-ever GPS-aided JDAM test on...

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