The US State Department authorizes the sale of GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb ll to Norway for $293 million.

T?? U.S. St?t? D????tm?nt ??s m??? ? ??t??min?ti?n ?????vin? ? ??ssi?l? F???i?n Milit??? S?l? t? t?? G?v??nm?nt ?? N??w?? ?? Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II ?n? ??l?t?? ???i?m?nt ??? ?n ?stim?t?? c?st ?? $293 milli?n. T?? G?v??nm?nt ?? N??w?? ??s ?????st?? t? ??? ?? t? ?iv? ??n???? ?i??t? (580) GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m?s-Inc??m?nt II (SDB-II) All-U?-R??n?s (AURs) t??t will ?? ????? t? ? ???vi??sl? im?l?m?nt?? c?s?. T?? ??i?in?l ????i?n milit??? s?l?s (FMS) c?s?, v?l??? ?t $18.9 milli?n, incl???? tw?nt? (20) GBU-53/B, SDB-II AURs. T????????, t?is n?ti?ic?ti?n is ??? ? t?t?l ?? ?? t? six ??n???? (600) GBU-53/B, SDB-II AURs.

GBU-53/B St??mB???k?? GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II (SDB-II)
GBU-53/B St??mB???k?? GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II (SDB-II). (P??t? ?? R??t???n)
Als? incl???? ??? SDB-II W????n L??? C??w T??in??s (WLCT) ?n? P??ctic?l Ex?l?siv? O??n?nc? Dis??s?l T??in??s (PEDT); m?niti?ns s?????t ?n? s?????t ???i?m?nt; ?ncl?ssi?i?? s??tw??? ??liv??? ?n? s?????t; s???? ???ts, c?ns?m??l?s, ?n? ?cc?ss??i?s; ????i? ?n? ??t??n s?????t; m??i?ic?ti?ns ?n? m?int?n?nc? s?????t; t??ns???t?ti?n s?????t; ?ncl?ssi?i?? ???lic?ti?ns ?n? t?c?nic?l ??c?m?nt?ti?n; ???s?nn?l t??inin? ???i?m?nt ?n? s?????t; st??i?s ?n? s??v??s; U.S. G?v??nm?nt ?n? c?nt??ct?? ?n?in???in?, t?c?nic?l, ?n? l??istics s?????t s??vic?s; ?n? ?t??? ??l?t?? ?l?m?nts ?? l??istic?l ?n? ??????m s?????t.

GBU-53/B St??mB???k?? GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II
GBU-53/B St??mB???k?? GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II (SDB-II). (P??t? ?? R??t???n)
T?? Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II, is ?n Am??ic?n ?i?-l??nc???, ???cisi?n-??i??? ?li?? ??m?. D?v?l??m?nt w?s st??t?? in 2006 ??? ? 250 ???n?s (113 k?) cl?ss ??m? t??t c?n i??nti?? ?n? st?ik? m??il? t????ts ???m st?n???? ?ist?nc?s in ?ll w??t??? c?n?iti?ns. It is int????t?? ?n t?? F-15E St?ik? E??l? ?n? will ?? int????t?? int? t?? F/A-18 H??n?t ?n? F-35 Li??tnin? ?i??t??s. T?? ??m? is ??v?l???? ?n? m?n???ct???? ?? R??t???n. In J?l? 2018, R??t???n ?nn??nc?? t??t t?? SDB II, ??c?ntl? ??n?m?? St??mB???k??, ??? ?nt???? ?????ti?n?l t?stin?; t?? w????n ??? ?c?i?v?? ? 90% s?cc?ss ??t? ???in? ??v?l??m?nt?l t?stin?.

GBU-53/B St??mB???k?? GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II (SDB-II)
GBU-53/B St??mB???k?? GBU-53/B Sm?ll Di?m?t?? B?m? II (SDB-II). (P??t? ?? R??t???n)
T?? ??m? c?n ?s? GPS/INS t? ??i?? its?l? int? t?? ??n???l vicinit? ?? ? m?vin? t????t ???in? t?? initi?l s???c? ???s?, wit? c???s? c????cti?n ????t?s ???vi??? ?sin? ? Link 16 ?v?? UHF ??t? link. T?? ??m? ??s t???? m???s ?? t????t ?c??isiti?n: millim?t??-w?v? ?????, in?????? ??min? ?sin? ?n ?nc??l?? im??in? s??k??, ?n? s?mi-?ctiv? l?s?? ??min?. T?? w????n is c????l? ?? ??sin? t?? in???m?ti?n ???m t?? s?ns??s t? cl?ssi?? t?? t????t ?n? c?n ??i??itiz? c??t?in t???s ?? t????ts ?s ??si??? w??n ?s?? in s?mi-??t?n?m??s m???. T?? s????? c????? w?????? in t?? ??m? ??s ??t? ?l?st ?n? ????m?nt?ti?n ????cts, w?ic? m?k?s it ????ctiv? ???inst in??nt??, ??m??, ?n?????n?? st??ct???s ?n? ??il?in?s, ?s w?ll ?s ??t??l c???t siz?? ???ts ?n? ?t??? s??t t????ts.