USAF’s Quicksink Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Seen In Detail Like Never Before
The USAF has offered new views of the Quicksink anti-ship bomb after a B-2 stealth bomber deployed the weapon off Norway in a test.
Joseph Trevithick
Published Sep 10, 2025 6:32 PM EDT
We now have our first full look at a modified 2,000-pound-class GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, optimized for use as an anti-ship munition as part of the U.S. Air Force's Quicksink program.
We now have our first full look at a modified 2,000-pound-class GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, optimized for use as an anti-ship munition as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Quicksink program. The Air Force has been pursuing Quicksink as a lower-cost means of bolstering its capacity to launch strikes on enemy ships.
The Air Force released pictures of Quicksink GBU-31s yesterday. The image set also shows smaller 500-pound-class GBU-38 JDAMs, but it is not entirely clear if they are in the Quicksink configuration. All of the pictures were taken ahead of a recent test that saw a B-2 bomber “sink” an unspecified “maritime target” in the Norwegian Sea with at least one of the modified JDAMs.
A B-2 bomber flying over the Norwegian Sea drops a Quicksink-configured GBU-31 JDAM during a test on September 3, 2025. A Norwegian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is seen flying alongside the bomber. Royal Norwegian Air Force
TWZ had previously reached out to the Air Force for more information after a B-2 bomber was tracked online flying from Whiteman Air Force Base toward northern Europe last week.
https://www.twz.com/air/usafs-quicksink-ship-killing-smart-bomb-seen-in-detail-like-never-before
