The Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser or WCMD system is a US tail kit produced by
Lockheed Martin for use with the Tactical Munitions Dispenser family of
cluster bombs to convert them to
precision-guided munitions. In 1997 the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...
issued contracts to complete development and begin production of the WCMD, planning to modify 40,000 tactical munitions dispensers - 30,000 for CEM and 5,000 each for Gator and SFW - at a cost of US$8,937 per unit.
When fitted with the WCMD the
CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition and the
CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon are respectively known as the CBU-103 and the CBU-105; the latter anti-armor weapon was deployed but not used during
Operation Allied Force
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999. The bombings continued until an a ...
in the Kosovo War, and fired in combat during the
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
.
Variants
WCMD
* Guidance:
INS updated with
GPS
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...
data from launch platform before release.
* Range: .
* Accuracy: 26 m (85 ft)
CEP.
WCMD-ER
* Guidance: INS combined with integral GPS.
* Range: Wing kit extends range to 40–65 km (30–40 miles).
* Accuracy: 26 m (85 ft) CEP.
The WCMD-ER program was cancelled in August 2006 due to poor test results and budgetary pressures.
See also
*
CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
*
GATOR mine system
The GATOR mine system is a United States military system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers. It is used with two dispenser systems—the Navy CBU-78/B and th ...
*
CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
*
CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon
References
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External links
WCMD-ER - Deagel
Guided bombs of the United States
Cluster munition
Military equipment introduced in the 1990s