Two new precision weapons have been certified for use on the F-16 Falcon, further enhancing the aircraft's ability to perform precision strike missions. prime contractor Lockheed Martin announced late last week. The new weapons are the Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser and the GBU-27, a 2,000-pound "bunker buster." WCMD is an inertial guidance system that automatically corrects for wind during flight of one of three submunitions, improving accuracy when dropping from higher altitudes, but without incorporating Global Positioning System navigation. WCMD can...
