F-22로 SDB 테스트를 실시했다고 합니다.
SDB를 이용하면 타겟에서 60nm 떨어진곳에서 공격할 수 있는 능력을 갖게 됩니다.
F-22에는 8발의 SDB와 2발의 암람을 장착할 수 있다고 하는데 사진으로 봐서는 SDB 4발만 장착해도 암람 장착할 공간이 안보이네요.
SDB는 겨우 250 lb에 불과하지만 INS/GPS를 장착하여 정확도를 높혀 1.8m의 강화 콘크리트를 관통할 수 있습니다.
F-15E에서 최초로 실용화되어 사용중이며 다른 전투기들은 물론 UCAV에서도 사용이 고려되고 있는 폭탄입니다.
우리도 F-15K나 KF-16에는 말할것이 없고 FA-50에 장착해도 상당한 효과가 있을것이라고 생각합니다.
예전에 T-50 발전방향에 보니 SDB와 유사한 폭탄들이 그려져 있던데 실제로 적용될지는 지켜봐야할것 같습니다.

" http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123043689 "

Raptor, precision strike bomb integration testing begins
by Senior Airman Jason Hernandez
95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

3/7/2007 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNEWS) -- The 411th Flight Test Squadron began integration testing of the F-22A Raptor and the GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bomb here in February.

The weapon is a low-cost, stand-off, next generation precision strike weapon, capable of flying autonomously.

The bomb is guided by an inertial navigation system with global positioning system updates, said Jeff Randolph, flight test engineer for The Boeing Company\'s Small Diameter Bomb program here.

"When the Air Force wants to increase the capability of an aircraft here, they ask for us to put together a test plan specifically for Edwards," said Brad Jackson, Performance Engineer for Lockheed Martin F-22 Flight Test Center Combined Test Force. The test plan explains the test program and what it is geared to accomplish. Then it is evaluated to assure the safety of the program.

Less aircraft and pilots are lost because of this process, Mr. Jackson said.

Integrating the F-22\'s stealth and speed and the small-diameter bomb\'s autonomous standoff capability enables the warfighter to launch a small-diameter bomb more than 60 nautical miles from the target, Mr. Jackson said.

The 250-pound class small-diameter bomb takes target information from the aircraft and flies using an onboard computer after release from the aircraft

"The small diameter bomb with its four-place carriage enables four times the targets to be destroyed on an F-22 sortie while reducing collateral damage around those targets," Mr. Randolph said.

The 500 to 2,000-pound bombs normally used by the Air Force are less practical against a military target located in a city because they may damage homes and cause civilian casualties, Mr. Randolph said. The 250-pound SDB weapon increases the warfighters capabilities by allowing less aircraft to carry more weapons that can be used where other weapons cannot be.

Four SDBs and its BRU-61 carriage can be loaded in each weapon bay of the Raptor, Mr. Randolph said. This enables the F-22 to carry a total of eight SDB weapons in addition to two AMRAAMs.

"The F-22 is the premier Air Force fighter so it is beneficial to give it the air-to-ground capability," Mr. Randolph said. "This capability allows the aircraft to establish air superiority and also perform strike missions. The whole purpose of this testing is to integrate the SDB with the F-22 for operational use."

Future integration tests include separation tests of the small diameter bomb from an F-22.

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