Reducing collateral damage is aim of new SDB variant

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The U.S. Air Force plans to demonstrate a new variant of the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) by next summer that is optimized to reduce collateral damage. The 250-pound-class, precision-guided Focused Lethality Munition (FLM) will use a composite casing filled with a new...

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