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Tony Osborne
December 01, 2025
Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
The UK plans to acquire the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II to give its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters a long-desired standoff capability. Purchase of the Raytheon-developed GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) will be featured in the upcoming UK Defense Investment Plan, people with…
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