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US, Israeli firms in race for supplying bunker-busters to IAF

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Yes Sudarshan is actually a Kit which will be integrated to any dumb bombs...

Exactly, bunker buster are specialised bombs, hardened for the penetration of targets like surface, or earth bunkers. The BLU-109 is such a bomb and fitted with a guidance kit (Paveway laser guided, or JDAM GPS guided), it will be a LGB, or PGM:

BLU-109 bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


French Mirage 2000D, carrying a GBU 24 during the conflict in Libya

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Rafale integration of the same weapon, expected to be operational by the end of this year

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P.S. The small number of 100 could possibly be a hint on which fighter they are meant for, because (AFAIK) the only fighter IAF that already can use 2000lb bombs is the Mirage 2000 and this could be a replacement of the older bombs, or an addition. There were reports that IAF is evaluation AASM and the Israeli SPICE bomb kits as well as part of the Mirage upgrade and the SPICE kit is available only in 1000lb and 2000lb varients, so there is an interest of adding such heavy weapons.
 
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