Joint Direct Attack Munition
- noun
- /dʒɔɪnt dɪˈrɛkt əˈtæk mjuˈnɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
munición de ataque directo conjunto
- With the Joint Direct Attack Munition, the bomb is transformed into a precision-guided weapon that can strike with high accuracy.
- Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
Examples
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The J-UCAS will be able to carry most of the precision weapons in the current and future arsenal, including the 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition and the 250-pound Small Diameter Bomb, much like future manned strike aircraft, but with the goal of achieving similar capability at a fraction of the cost.
Academic text (2003) -
Meanwhile, the GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), showcased during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001, was in advanced engineering in 1995 and in low-rate production by 1997.
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The U.S. military utilized the Joint Direct Attack Munition to accurately hit enemy targets during the air campaign.
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The Joint Direct Attack Munition has revolutionized modern warfare by allowing traditional bombs to be guided by GPS technology.
Synonyms
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8.1
A kit attached to regular bombs that uses GPS to guide them to a target
How Precise
- Specialized
3
4.1
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
joint + direct + attack + munition
The constituents 'joint' (involving multiple services), 'direct' (precise/straight), 'attack' (a military strike) and 'munition' (weapon/ammunition) together transparently indicate a weapon used for direct attacks by multiple forces. However, the specific technical meaning — a guidance kit attached to a gravity bomb to make it a precision-guided 'smart' bomb — is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts alone, so learners would get the general idea but not the exact function without prior exposure.
Etymology
Joint Direct Attack Munition puts together the words joint, meaning used by more than one service, direct, meaning straight to the target, attack, meaning strike, and munition, meaning weapon. It is a kit fitted to a normal bomb that gives the bomb 'eyes' so it can find and hit a target more accurately, so the bomb acts like a 'smart bomb'.