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GBU-53/B StormBreakerlarger figure on 3 of 3
RGD-5larger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source69 in (176 cm)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | GBU-53/B StormBreaker | RGD-5 |
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| Type | Glide bomb[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | September 2020 ( 2020-09 ) – present[source] | 1954–present[source] |
| Used by | United States Air Force United States Navy[source] | — |
| Designer |
116.8 mm (4.60 in)[source]
Operational; against moving targets
Single sourceOperational; Operational range
Single source60 nmi (69 mi; 111 km), 40 nmi (46 mi; 74 km) against moving targets[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceFilling weight
Single source110 g (3.9 oz)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Raytheon Company[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Raytheon Technologies[source] | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
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| Unit cost | US$195,000 (2021 Air Force) US$220,916 (2021 Navy) US$128,771 (FY15) US$227,146 inc R&D (FY15)[source] | — |
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| Produced | January 2014–present[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 105 lb (48 kg)[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Millimeter wave Active radar homing / Semi-active laser guidance / Infrared homing (using an uncooled imaging infrared camera ) / GPS coupled Inertial guidance / Data-link[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | Vietnam War Six-Day War The Troubles Yom Kippur War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Filling | — | Trinitrotoluene[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse[source] |
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| Blast yield | — | ~350 fragments[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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