With her special gear, " Herbert C . Jones " jammed and decoyed into the sea the great majority of the many glider bombs directed at the naval task force.
22.
Another new munition available to NATO forces is the Joint Standoff Weapon, essentially a winged glider bomb that can travel long distances to a target after been dropped from an aircraft.
23.
In 1948 a history of British India Line in the Second World War was published, stating " " the missile was one of the new glider bombs guided by wireless " ".
24.
As a result of these under-fire investigations, " Herbert C . Jones " and her sister ship were fitted with powerful radio-jamming sets in early December to counteract and misdirect the glider bombs.
25.
Among other test work, " VX161 " ( which had a fully operational weapons bay ) was involved in trials relating to bomb shapes with mock-ups of the Blue Boar television-guided glider bomb.
26.
Raytheon also produces the Joint Standoff Weapon, a glider bomb that pilots can launch from up to 50 miles away, and the Paveway smart bomb, whose effectiveness has also been questioned by the GAO.
27.
During the withdrawal " Rockwood " was hit by a glider bomb which failed to explode, but nevertheless started a fire; the damage was such that " Petard " was asked for a tow.
28.
The " Luftwaffe " also introduced the long-range He 177 bomber and Henschel Hs 293 guided glider bomb, which claimed a number of victims, but Allied air superiority prevented them from being a major threat.
29.
"Athabaskan " was heavily damaged by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb during an anti-submarine chase off Cape Ortegal, in the Bay of Biscay, on 27 August 1943 . was sunk in the same incident.
30.
On 12 November, " Dulverton " returned to support the garrison on Leros which had just been Do 217 E-5 aircraft using Hs 293 glider bombs, one of which struck " Dulverton " abreast of the bridge.
