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On 4/26/25 00:09, Planet of the apes wrote:

US fighter jets appear to be using advanced "StormBreaker" precision glide bombs in combat against the Houthis, part of the intense bombing campaign against the Iran-backed rebels.

An image of what looked like an unexploded, US-made bomb half-buried in
the sand began circulating on social media Thursday. Open-source
intelligence accounts geolocated the image to Yemen's southern Shabwah governorate.

Trevor Ball, a former US Army explosive ordnance disposal technician, identified the munition as the GBU-53/B StormBreaker, a relatively new munition in the American arsenal. He told Business Insider that the
discovery of the bomb, seemingly fully intact, highlights a problem: it
could fall into the wrong hands.

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The GBU-53/B, known as the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II, is an air- launched standoff weapon with precision guidance and pop-out wings. The 200-pound bomb is made by US defense contractor Raytheon, now RTX, and can
be released from carrier-based fighter aircraft like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

The weapon can be used against moving and stationary targets and is
capable of operating in inclement weather, according to Naval Air Systems Command. The bomb can also receive updated target coordinates mid-flight.

In October 2023, the Navy declared early operational capability for the StormBreaker and said its Super Hornets would be the first platforms to
carry the bomb.

US Central Command, which oversees Middle East operations, published
footage last month appearing to show the StormBreaker among other ordnance aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which has been at the forefront of the Houthi conflict.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-stormbreaker-bomb-appears-intact-yemen- could-fall-wrong-hands-2025-4

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