Guided Bomb Unit-16 (GBU-16) Paveway II
The Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-16) utilizes a 1000-pound general purpose warhead. The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target. The GBU-16 consists of a MK-83 1,000-pound bomb modified with a common Paveway II laser guidance kit. During Desert Storm virtually all 219 GBU-16s were dropped by Navy A-6Es, which had the capability to lase the target themselves (self-designation). Specifications
Mission  Air interdiction
Targets  Mobile hard, fixed soft, fixed hard
Service  Air Force, Navy
Program status  Operational
First capability  1976
Guidance method  Laser (man-in-the-loop)
Range  8 nautical miles
Circular error probable  9 meters
Quantity
Development cost  Air Force officials state that they could not provide development cost because they do not have records covering the development period.
Production cost
Total acquisition cost  Not available
Acquisition unit cost  Not available
Production unit cost
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