AGM - 130 The AGM - 130 is an Air - to - surface guided missile developed by the United States of America . Overview . The AGM - 130 is a powered air - to - surface missile designed for strikes at long range against various targets . It is essentially a rocket - boosted version of the GBU - 15 bomb , with the rocket motor increasing the launch range and so giving the launch aircraft protection from whatever defenses may protect the target . Two can be carried by the F - 15E . The weapon utilizes inertial navigation aided by the Global Positioning System ( GPS ) . It can be retargeted in flight ; the guidance head of the weapon provides a visual image of the target to the launch aircraft via the AXQ - 14 data link , allowing the controller to steer it to the target . The weapon can be retargeted in flight by simply steering it to a new target . Control can be released at any point , allowing the missile to home in on the target by itself . The AGM - 130 is highly accurate , and is intended for use against high value targets which are either slow moving or of fixed location . The GBU - 15 is a modular weapon , and the AGM - 130 continues this concept . It consists of a CCD TV or focal plane array imaging infrared seeker head , a radar altimeter , wings , strakes , a Mark 84 or BLU - 109 warhead , a control section , and a rocket motor and data link unit . The AGM - 130 needs little support on the ground , and can be based in remote " bare base " sites . What support and maintenance is required can be provided by mobile support equipment and intermediate level maintenance capability . Development of the AGM - 130A began in 1984 as an improvement to the GBU - 15 . The first unit became operational in 1994 . Precise numbers are classified , but the US Air Force planned to buy 4 , 000 + originally . This was reduced to 2 , 300 units , and in 1995 further reduced to 502 . Development of the AGM - 130 cost $ 192 million , not including a further $ 11 million for the AGM - 130C . Unit cost of the weapons are an estimated $ 880 , 000 . Variants . The upgraded AGM - 130 Mid - Course Guidance ( MCG ) weapon , employs an improved global positioning and inertial navigation system . This allows the weapon to be used with less input from the launch aircraft , freeing the pilot and weapon systems officer for other tasks . The weapon became operational in 1998 when two F - 15Es from the 335th and 336th Fighter Squadrons at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base , North Carolina , fired one weapon each . The AGM - 130LW [ lightweight ] is designed to be used by single - seat aircraft such as the F - 16C / D . It also has an enhanced global positioning and inertial navigation system capability . The smaller , less powerful warhead used on this weapon allows better control over collateral damage . The AGM - 130C employed a 2 , 000 - pound penetrating warhead for use against hardened targets . It was developed , but not put into service . The Autonomous AGM - 130 is a proposed weapon that would incorporate a laser radar ( LADAR ) seeker , removing any need for the weapon to be steered to the target . The aircraft interface would be based on the JDAM interface ; use of the autonomous seeker would greatly reduce the mission planning requirements and aircrew workload . Elimination of the datalink would also reduce the susceptibility to countermeasures . Combat history . The AGM - 130 was the weapon used in the April 1999 NATO strike on a railway bridge in Grdelica , Serbia .