StandOff & PGM Weapons

[zjz]

Images capture exact moments an Israeli missile strikes building in Beirut

BEIRUT (AP) — Taking cover behind a large tree, an Associated Press photographer pointed his camera toward a Beirut apartment building the Israeli military warned was in its sights.

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Photos capture exact moments an Israeli missile strikes building in Beirut

Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb

In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down.

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[NMaude]

I saw that on the news but the PGM (Whatever it was) was just a grey blur before it plunged into the bottom of the building.

 

[Josh_TN]

Looks Paveway ish, though with an odd length to diameter ratio…perhaps a BLU-109 or something similar with a Paveway kit.

 

[zjz]

It's definitely a SPICE 2000 ..... although it supposed to have a Mk-84 as warhead, looking at the blast, could it be a BLU-109 instead?

From the link below, a BLU-109 could have been considered useful in urban settings as it uses its delay fuse, and detonate while way inside the building, thus minimising the blast effects on the people at the exterior of the building ......

https://lieber.westpoint.edu/targeting-urban-environment-why-weaponeering-tactics-matter/

 

[Scott Kenny]

Looks like a BLU-109 to me, they have an odd taper to them instead of the Mk80 curved ogive shape.

 

[mkellytx]

Looks like a BLU-109 to me, they have an odd taper to them instead of the Mk80 curved ogive shape.

It's not straight sided enough to be a BLU-109. Given the impact point and results that looks a lot like an -84 with a delayed fuse, that type of structure wouldn't need a BLU-109.