--- title: "Nothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their Targets" description: "Most don't realize just how large smart bombs and guided missiles are or what they look like just milliseconds before they unleash their devastation." date: "2021-03-19" modified: "2021-03-21" authors: - name: "Tyler Rogoway" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway" url: "https://www.twz.com/39870/nothing-but-images-of-precision-guided-weapons-taken-just-before-they-obliterate-their-targets" categories: - "AGM-114 Hellfire" - "AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW)" - "AGM-86B" - "Air" - "Air Force Munitions" - "Air Launched Nuclear Missles" - "Air-To-Ground" - "Nuclear" tags: - "anti-ship missile" - "Before Impact" - "bomb" - "Cruise Missile" - "laser guided bomb" - "missile" - "Must Read Features" - "Precision Weapon" - "Target" - "test" - "weapons test" --- # Nothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their Targets ![]() *www.twz.com* It's been a long week. Screw it, let's see some missiles, bombs, and rockets just milliseconds before they and everything around them turn into fire and flying debris. Yes, this is the great *War Zone* pre-impact weapons collage! I have always found images, usually frames pulled from high-speed cameras, of the very endgame moments of [weapons tests]() absolutely fascinating. Above all else, they really offer the best interpretation of scale. Most people really don't realize just how large many precision-guided weapons are. Considering some of their sizes, the accuracy they offer is simply amazing. Enough of my blabbering, let's get down to business: ![message-editor%2F1616344659373-lbgthroughwindow.jpg]() *GBU-10., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616195132324-jsowimpact.jpg]() *JSOW., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616195242707-tomahawk.jpg]() *RGM-109 Tomahawk., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616194471573-screenshot2021-03-19at3.50.29pm.png]() *AGM-84 SLAM., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616193366716-a-gbu-15-cw-homes-in-on-a-truck-target-during-tests-edc550-1024.jpeg]() *GBU-15., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616191519615-tlam.jpg]() *RGM-109 Tomahawk., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616191473720-agm114.jpg]() *AGM-114 Hellfire., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616191412061-agm-86impact.jpg]() *AGM-86 CALCM., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616191152939-1920px-gbu-10\_shortly\_before\_it\_impacts\_a\_small\_boat\_during\_a\_training\_exercise.jpg]() *GBU-24, *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616187221554-asd2.jpg]() *Dynetics GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616187292080-jsm.jpg]() *Joint Strike Missile., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616187568075-screenshot2021-03-19at1.57.35pm.png]() *APKWS., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616187593162-screenshot2021-03-19at1.56.17pm.png]() *GBU-49., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179363970-image-gbu-24\_missile\_testmontage-gi\_blu-109\_bomb.jpg]() *GBU-24, *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179339869-040331-f-0000s-003.jpg]() *GBU-12., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179308567-1575440848\_agm-158\_jassm\_during\_tests.jpg]() *AGM-158 JASSM., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179218918-sdf.jpg]() *RGM-109 Tomahawk., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179165264-webdpwk12-lrasm-pic.jpg]() *LRASM., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179142492-an-m48-tank-shortly-before-being-struck-by-an-agm-65-missile-a-camera-is-attached-5e3d49-1600.jpg]() *AGM-65 Maverick., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179098165-56c39a412e884.image.jpg]() *JSOW, *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179075562-050929-f-0000r-001.jpg]() *Small Diameter Bomb., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616179027412-laserjdam.jpg]() *A Laser JDAM., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178859989-aim-9l\_hits\_tank\_at\_china\_lake\_1971.jpg]() *Air-to-ground variant of AIM-9 Sidewinder. , *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178828624-jassm\_hitstarget\_1021.jpg]() *AGM-158 JASSM., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178809326-raytheon-griffin-missile-test-rtn\_220819-1170x610.jpg]() *Griffin Missile. , *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178712930-11.jpg]() *RGM-109 Tomahawk., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178688854-340px-agm-65\_m-48\_pre\_impact.jpg]() *AGM-65 Maverick, *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178663417-pc009-002-copperhead.jpg]() *Copperhead laser-guided artillery round., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616178632755-an-inert-mark-84-gbu-10-laser-guided-bomb-homes-in-on-an-armored-personnel-fb7d2c-1024.jpg]() *GBU-10., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616193166023-northropgrummanawarded171millionforadvancedanti-radiationguidedmissilecontract\_00d2e6c7-09ad-46a7-bb60-87f29221f9b3-prv.jpg]() *AGM-88 HARM, *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616193177086-harm.jpg]() *AGM-88 HARM, *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616194550446-gbu-28.jpg]() *GBU-28., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616194714208-spikemissile.jpg]() *Spike NLOS., *Public Domain** ![message-editor%2F1616194977411-rgm-109impact.jpg]() *RGM-109 Tomahawk., *Public Domain** **'BOOM!'** Let's add to this wondrous image collection. Add any good ones you can find to the comments section below! *Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com* ## Author Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day. ### Author social links [Twitter]()