As part of the new package the IAF will receive 1,500 Mk-83 Paveway kits and 700 BLU-109 Paveway kits. The arms package includes 1,500 such kits, The BLU-109 is also coupled with a similar laser guidance kit. The BLU-113 is often joined with a laser guidance kit enabling the weapon to strike stationary or moving targets with very high precision. Air Force inventory capable of carrying this heavy weapon. The Strike Eagle and B-2A are the only two aircraft in U.S. The BLU-109 packs 530 pounds (240 kg) of explosives, in a case weighing 1,927 pounds (874 kg) that can penetrate about six meters of reinforced concrete. These bomb shells are produced by the Ordnance Technical Systems division of General Dynamics (GDOTS) GBU-28 dropped from an U.S.
The BLU-113 5,000-pound ‘Bunker Busters’ carry 630 pounds of high explosives, encased in a hard steel shell that can penetrate 20 feet (six meters) of reinforced concrete. These aircraft will also receive 50 deep penetration bombs of the BLU-113 type (GBU-28) and 700 BLU-109 penetrating warheads. Israel will also receive 4,100 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDB), a compact precision guided weapon produced by Boeing, and employed by Israel’s Boeing F-15I strike fighters. These weapons can be carried by all of israel’s fighter jets, including the future F-35 expected to arrive in Israel by 2017.
The shipment will also include 500 DSU-38A/B Detector Laser Illuminated Target kits, enabling the JDAMs to engage laser-designated moving targets.
The company developed the MPR-500 which has been type qualified by Boeing for the JDAM. Israel is also producing those bombs in country, at the IMI heavy ordnance plant. The ordnance package also include 12,000 general purpose bombs associated with those kits – including Mk-82, Mk-83 and Mk-84 types.
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