The Rockwell International Guided Bomb Unit 15 is an unpowered glide weapon used to destroy high-value enemy targets.

An external electrical conduit extends the length of the warhead which attaches the guidance adapter and control unit.

The weapon automatically guides itself to the target, enabling the pilot to leave the area.

This highly maneuverable weapon has an optimal, low-to-medium altitude delivery capability with pinpoint accuracy.

These EGBU-15s sealed flaming oil pipeline manifolds sabotaged by Saddam Hussein's troops.

[5] It was a product improvement of the early guided bomb used during the Vietnam War called the GBU-8 HOBOS.

In February 1985, initial operational test and evaluation was completed on the imaging infrared guidance seeker.