Reported Location
Year
Munition Category
Functional use
Tentative Model
Condition
Mechanical Feature
Guidance
Domain
Fins Characteristic
Weight Class
External Research
New York Times
"A video shot by the Reuters news agency at the site of the strike showed the fragment of a weapon. Two weapons experts — Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician, and Patrick Senft, a weapons expert at the consulting firm Armament Research Services — identified the fragment as a part of a small-diameter bomb, also known as a GBU-39."
Armament Research Services (ARES)
“The tail actuation section … is located at the farthest point of the munition from the bomb body and explosive content. The tail actuation section is often found partly or largely intact following the munition’s functioning. This section contains the thermal battery and four fins, some or all of which may be damaged or absent.”
