The Paveway IV bomb RAF Typhoons used to strike Houthi targets
1,204The Paveway IV laser-guided bomb has been in operational use since 2008 and was used against the Houthi rebels.
Paveway IV is an advanced and highly accurate weapon that has been used on operations in Libya and against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.
The state-of-the-art precision-guided bomb can be deployed against the vast majority of the RAF's potential targets.
Costing about £30,000 each and weighing 226kg, the Paveway has four main parts – the guidance system in the front, a 500lb warhead in the middle (which can penetrate concrete) and, at the back, the tail section guides the bomb, with a smart fuse to control how it detonates.
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