Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Live Fire Test Destroying T-72 Tank

SSG Norman Lihou — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:24:40 -0500

Air Force F-15 Eagle recently destroyed a moving –model T-72 tank during a live-fire test of the Small Diameter Bomb II at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., service leaders said.

“Just this month we had a successful live fire mission. It was an F-15E that targeted a moving T-72 tank surrogate. We’re still analyzing the data to get the details of it but the visual indicated it was a direct hit,” Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, military deputy for Air Force acquisition, told Military.com in an interview.

The test earlier this month was the final live fire mission required for the developmental weapons program to move toward what’s called a “Milestone C” full rate production decision, she added.

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Air Force F-15 Eagle recently destroyed a moving -model T-72 tank during a live-fire test of the Small Diameter Bomb II at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., service leaders said. "Just this month we...

Response by SGT William Howell made Sep 16 at 2015 10:09 AM

SGT William Howell — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:09:38 -0400

Wow with a T-72. Wait! Can't a A-10 do the same thing with a gun run? Why have they not tested it on a T-90. Seems pretty stupid weapon to me.