The Royal Thai Air Power (RTAF) lately introduced that it’s going to purchase ten Korean GPS Guided Bomb (KGGB) steering kits. The KGGB can be put in on Thailand’s domestically-produced Mark 82 general-purpose bomb and can probably be used for testing functions. Global Business Press reported that Thailand would be the third confirmed export buyer of this South Korean-made glide bomb after Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. Indonesia acquired an unknown amount of KGGB steering kits for testing and growth functions by PT. PINDAD in 2016 whereas Saudi Arabia additionally acquired an unknown quantity of the bombs in 2017.
KGGB is a South Korean precision guided glide bomb, hooked up to Mark 82 (Mk 82) is an unguided, low-drag general-purpose bom. It was developed by the Protection Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and the Company for Protection Improvement (ADD). The Korean GPS-Guided Bomb (KGGB) is a hearth and neglect precision guided bomb meant to hit targets on the bottom launched from fighter plane. Its steering system combines the GPS satellite tv for pc positioning system with the Inertial Navigation System (INS). The KGGB bomb additionally options improved vary due to a wing equipment and able to hanging targets from long-distances and options fire-and-forget functionality.
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Options
Survivability. Prolonged Vary for Greater Survivability of Plane and Pilot
Anti-Jamming. Enhanced precision strike with GPS INS built-in navigation
Actual Time. Steering equipment management by real-time wi-fi WLAN (wi-fi native space community)
NO A/C integration. No modification of plane and interface wanted (PDU 14” Bomb rack)
As of early 2011 the GPS-guided weapon continues to be underneath growth by LIG Nex1 for the Republic of Korea Air Power (RoKAF). The KGGB is at present underneath dialogue owing to its unequaled benefit of changing common munitions into precision guided weapons at a low-cost with out the necessity for transforming the plane. As of 2018, the KGGB is operated F-4, F-5, F-15E, F-16, and FA-50. By saving the mission plan information to PDU, Pilot Show Unit, and having the KGGB mounted on the plane, the survivability of each plane and piolt may be secured from the take-off to the purpose of returning to the bottom. The kits fitted on 500 lb. (226 kg) Mk. 82 bombs have a sensible most vary between 47 to 103 km with launch altitudes from 3 to 12 km. LIG Nex1 has claimed that the KGGB has an accuracy higher than 25 meters CEP of the U.S.-made JDAM.
