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whats 'special' with this bomb?
They are old fashioned dum bombs equipped with a modern "backpack" glide kit. The glide kit has wings that swing out and avionics that steer the bomb to its target using gps with a range (up to 50km) depending on the launch altitude.
A cheap way to get 500kg of explosives to something you want to blow up.
Ukranians have aasm hammr and glsdb for this. Glsdb is arguably cooler as it has a rocket motor and can be deployed from the ground using (hi)mars. But gps jamming by the Russians has proven their deployment difficult.
Edit: moved the 50 km to show it's range not launch altitude.
So, assuming the guidance system worked as expected, the bomb was guided to that particular house right?
Yes