AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon vs GBU-24 Paveway III

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AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon

Guided glide bomb

BBombs, grenades & mines

GBU-24 Paveway III

Laser-guided bomb

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AGM-154 Joint Standoff WeaponLength

4.1 m

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GBU-24 Paveway IIILength

4.39 m

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GBU-24 Paveway IIIlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+7%
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6 of 38 rows sourced on both sides

4.1m

4.39m

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4.1 m

Length

Single source

4.1 m (160 in)^[source]

4.39 m

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Configuration

Details

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon and GBU-24 Paveway III configuration
Specification	AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon	GBU-24 Paveway III
Type	Guided glide bomb^[source]	Laser-guided bomb^[source]
In service	December 1998 – present^[source]	1983^[source]
Used by	United States Armed Forces Republic of China Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force Finnish Air Force Polish Air Force Hellenic Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Royal Moroccan Air Force Turkish Air Force Republic of Singapore Air Force^[source]	—
Wars	Operation Desert Fox Operation Southern Watch NATO bombing of Yugoslavia War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Operation Rough Rider^[source]

Manufacturer	Raytheon^[source]	Raytheon^[source]

Unit cost	AUPP AGM-154A: $282,000 AGM-154B: $484,167 AGM-154C: $719,012^[source]	—

Warhead	BLU-97/B - Combined Effects Bomblets (JSOW A) BLU-108 - Sensor fused weapon (JSOW B - now cancelled) BROACH multi-stage warhead (JSOW C)^[source]	—

Guidance system	Inertial Navigation System coupled with Global Positioning System , terminal Infrared homing (AGM-154C Only)^[source]	—

Role	glide bomb^[source]	—

Source measurement	US Navy commenced Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) in February 1997 and JSOW entered operational service in January 1999. The Joint Standoff Weapon is currently used by the US Navy. Foreign Military Sales have been signed with Poland and Turkey for use with their F-16 fighters. Finland, Greece and Singapore are pursuing FMS cases at this time. (Finland cleared the FMS procedure and made the purchase for JSOW as well as JASSM and JDAM in 2017.) The JSOW family is a 450 kg (1,000 lb) class weapon intended to provide a low cost, highly lethal air-to-surface glide bomb with standoff capabilities from 28 km (15 nmi) low altitude launch and up to 110 km (60 nmi) high altitude launch. The JSOW can be used against a variety of land targets and operates from ranges outside enemy point defenses.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The JSOW is just over 4.1 m (160 in) in length and weighs about 450 kg (1,000 lb). The JSOW was originally to be delivered in three variants, each of which uses a common air vehicle, or truck, while substituting various payloads. The AGM-154A (JSOW-A) entered service in 1999. US Navy and Air Force developed the AGM-154B (JSOW B) up until Multi-Service Operational Test & Evaluation (MOT&E) but the Navy decided not to procure the weapon when the Air Force left the program. The AGM-154C (JSOW BROACH) entered service in February 2005.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The AGM-154C uses an Imaging Infrared (IIR) terminal seeker with autonomous guidance. The AGM-154C carries the BROACH warhead . This two stage 225 kg (500 lb) warhead is made up from a WDU-44 shaped augmenting warhead and a WDU-45 follow through bomb. The weapon is designed to attack hardened targets. It entered service with the US Navy in February 2005.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Variants / AGM-154C (unitary variant); only the objects and conditions stated in this passage A Pratt & Whitney TJ-150 turbojet engine for a powered JSOW is being tested. This variant is named JSOW-ER, where "ER" is for "extended range". JSOW-ER will increase range from 130 to 560 km (70 to 300 nmi). In February, 2019, the US Navy announced that it would issue a sole-source contract to Raytheon to build an improved JSOW-ER to be placed in service by the end of FY2023.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Production and upgrades / Powered JSOW (JSOW-ER); only the objects and conditions stated in this passage According to a test report conducted by the United States Navy's Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire , the cooking off time for a JSOW is approximately 2 minutes 11 seconds.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Operators / Current operators; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Length: 4.1 m (160 in)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Diameter: box shaped 330 mm (13 in) on a side / other source 406 mm × 519 mm (16.0 in × 20.4 in)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Weight: From 483 to 497 kg (1,065 to 1,095 lb)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Wingspan: 2.7 m (106 in)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Aircraft Compatibility: Navy: F/A-18C/D , F/A-18E/F Air Force: F-16 Block 40/50/60 , B-1B , B-2A , B-52H , F-15E , F-35A/C Other: JAS 39 Gripen^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Range: Low altitude launch - 22 km (12 nmi) High altitude launch - 130 km (70 nmi)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage	—

Source measurement

US Navy commenced Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) in February 1997 and JSOW entered operational service in January 1999. The Joint Standoff Weapon is currently used by the US Navy. Foreign Military Sales have been signed with Poland and Turkey for use with their F-16 fighters. Finland, Greece and Singapore are pursuing FMS cases at this time. (Finland cleared the FMS procedure and made the purchase for JSOW as well as JASSM and JDAM in 2017.) The JSOW family is a 450 kg (1,000 lb) class weapon intended to provide a low cost, highly lethal air-to-surface glide bomb with standoff capabilities from 28 km (15 nmi) low altitude launch and up to 110 km (60 nmi) high altitude launch. The JSOW can be used against a variety of land targets and operates from ranges outside enemy point defenses.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The JSOW is just over 4.1 m (160 in) in length and weighs about 450 kg (1,000 lb). The JSOW was originally to be delivered in three variants, each of which uses a common air vehicle, or truck, while substituting various payloads. The AGM-154A (JSOW-A) entered service in 1999. US Navy and Air Force developed the AGM-154B (JSOW B) up until Multi-Service Operational Test & Evaluation (MOT&E) but the Navy decided not to procure the weapon when the Air Force left the program. The AGM-154C (JSOW BROACH) entered service in February 2005.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The AGM-154C uses an Imaging Infrared (IIR) terminal seeker with autonomous guidance. The AGM-154C carries the BROACH warhead . This two stage 225 kg (500 lb) warhead is made up from a WDU-44 shaped augmenting warhead and a WDU-45 follow through bomb. The weapon is designed to attack hardened targets. It entered service with the US Navy in February 2005.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Variants / AGM-154C (unitary variant); only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

A Pratt & Whitney TJ-150 turbojet engine for a powered JSOW is being tested. This variant is named JSOW-ER, where "ER" is for "extended range". JSOW-ER will increase range from 130 to 560 km (70 to 300 nmi). In February, 2019, the US Navy announced that it would issue a sole-source contract to Raytheon to build an improved JSOW-ER to be placed in service by the end of FY2023.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Production and upgrades / Powered JSOW (JSOW-ER); only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

According to a test report conducted by the United States Navy's Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire , the cooking off time for a JSOW is approximately 2 minutes 11 seconds.^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · Operators / Current operators; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Length: 4.1 m (160 in)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Diameter: box shaped 330 mm (13 in) on a side / other source 406 mm × 519 mm (16.0 in × 20.4 in)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Weight: From 483 to 497 kg (1,065 to 1,095 lb)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Wingspan: 2.7 m (106 in)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Aircraft Compatibility: Navy: F/A-18C/D , F/A-18E/F Air Force: F-16 Block 40/50/60 , B-1B , B-2A , B-52H , F-15E , F-35A/C Other: JAS 39 Gripen^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Range: Low altitude launch - 22 km (12 nmi) High altitude launch - 130 km (70 nmi)^[source]AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon · General characteristics; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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Country of origin	United States^[source]	—

Place of origin	—	United States of America^[source]

Designer	—	Texas Instruments^[source]

Designed	—	1980^[source]

Filling	—	Mark 84 bomb as warhead^[source]

Reported operators	Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Canada Reported operator · Finland Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Italy Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Netherlands Reported operator · Poland Reported operator · Qatar Reported operator · Saudi Arabia Reported operator · Singapore Reported operator · Taiwan Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United Arab Emirates Reported operator · United States	—