| Weapon | Type | Description | Brevity Code |
|---|
| AGM-88 HARM | Anti-Radiation | Homes in on enemy radar waves (SAM sites). You shoot this at the “Mud” or “Spike” on your RWR. | ”Magnum” |
| AGM-65 Maverick | TV/IR Missile | Tank killer. You use a camera in the cockpit to lock onto a tank or bunker visually. Fire-and-forget. | ”Rifle” |
| GBU-10/12/24 | Laser Guided (LGB) | Precision bombs. Requires a laser spot from your TGP (Targeting Pod) or a buddy’s laser. The bomb steers to the laser sparkle. | ”Pickle” (Release) / “Lasing” |
| GBU-31/38 JDAM | GPS Guided | Satellite-guided bombs. You program coordinates (SPI) and drop. Weather doesn’t matter. Fire-and-forget. | ”Pickle” |
| Mk-82/84 | Dumb Bomb | Unguided gravity bombs (“Iron bombs”). You use CCIP (dive bombing) or CCRP (level bombing) computer modes to aim. | ”Pickle” |
| CBU-87/97 | Cluster Bomb | Canisters that open mid-air to scatter bomblets. The CBU-97 is a “Sensor Fuzed Weapon” (SFW) that hunts tanks as it falls. Devastating. | ”Pickle” |
| Hydra Rockets | Unguided Rockets | Fired in pods. Used for “soft” targets like trucks or infantry. | ”Rockets” (or just “In Hot”) |