Joint direct attack munition. (For the record).

The F/A-18E Super Hornet hornet: see wasp. performed a successful guided launch of the Joint Direct Attack Munition Noun 1. Joint Direct Attack Munition - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
JDAM on 29 August at China Lake, Calif.

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Title Annotation:	F-18E Super Hornet test
Publication:	Naval Aviation News
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Nov 1, 2001
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