在现今的所有炸弹中,绝大多数都是自带动力装置,通过一段时间的飞行,接近并攻击目标。人们设想,能否有不用动力装置的炸弹,也能完成相应的任务呢?滑翔炸弹是一种新式的空对地炸弹,它在发射后与发射装置脱离、能自动滑翔和寻找目标。最近这种炸弹由美国海军和空军共同完成了基础研究,预计在 Of all the bombs in existence today, the overwhelming majority are powered devices that, through a period of flight, approach and attack the target. It is envisioned that there could be a bomb without a power unit and the corresponding task. The glide bomb is a new type of air-to-surface bomb that departs from the launcher after launch and glides automatically and looks for targets. The latest such bomb was jointly completed by the U.S. Navy and the Air Force in basic research and is expected to be completed