"Smart bomb" redirects here. For other uses, see Smart bomb (disambiguation).
BOLT-117, the world's first laser-guided bomb
A guided bomb (also known as a smart bomb, guided bomb unit, or GBU) is a precision-guided munition designed to achieve a smaller circular error probable (CEP).[1][2]
The creation of precision-guided munitions resulted in the retroactive renaming of older bombs as unguided bombs or "dumb bombs".
^Hamilton, Richard (1995). "Precision guided munitions and the new era of warfare". Air Power Studies Centre, Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
^"Bomb With A Brain". British Pathé newsreel 52/51A, June 23, 1952. Accessed 2013-04-04.
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