{"id":47041,"date":"2025-04-27T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47041"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:33:58","slug":"stormbreaker-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/stormbreaker-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"StormBreaker Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>StormBreaker Missile Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>US fighter jets appear to be using advanced &#8220;StormBreaker&#8221; precision glide bombs in combat against the Houthis, part of the intense bombing campaign against the Iran-backed rebels.<\/p>\n<h2>About StormBreaker Missile<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Stormbreaker, designated as the\u00a0<strong>GBU-53\/B\u00a0<\/strong>and also known as the<strong>\u00a0Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB-II)<\/strong>, is an\u00a0<strong>American air-launched, precision-guided glide bomb<\/strong>\u00a0developed by Raytheon.<\/li>\n<li>It is designed for\u00a0<strong>all-weather precision strikes against both stationary and moving targets.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>StormBreaker Missile Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The weapon weighs 93 kg, measures 1.76 meters in length, and has a diameter ranging from 15 to 18 cm.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It features a\u00a0<strong>multi-mode guidance system<\/strong>\u00a0that combines millimeter-wave radar, uncooled infrared imaging, and a digital semi-active laser.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Its\u00a0<strong>GPS\/INS navigation system<\/strong>\u00a0allows for\u00a0<strong>real-time in-flight target updates,\u00a0<\/strong>enhancing adaptability to evolving mission requirements.<\/li>\n<li>It incorporates\u00a0<strong>TacNet Data Link (DL) technology,<\/strong>\u00a0enabling weapon-to-weapon collaboration.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This system facilitates\u00a0<strong>Automatic Target Recognition (ATR)<\/strong>\u00a0to identify and engage tracked or wheeled vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>It features a\u00a0<strong>multi-effects warhead<\/strong>\u00a0that enhances lethality against a range of targets.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The weapon, which\u00a0<strong>combines blast, fragmentation, and shaped charge modes<\/strong>, guarantees decisive outcomes with each attack, efficiently eliminating threats on the battlefield.<\/li>\n<li>It can strike moving targets at a range of 45 miles and stationary targets at a\u00a0<strong>maximum range of 69 miles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>StormBreaker Missile FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Which company developed the StormBreaker missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Raytheon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the maximum range of StormBreaker against stationary targets?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 69 miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is another name for the StormBreaker missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB-II)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/us-stormbreaker-bomb-appears-intact-yemen-could-fall-wrong-hands-2025-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StormBreaker Missile is an American air-launched, precision-guided glide bomb developed by Raytheon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,373,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-47041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-stormbreaker-missile","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}