Aerial bomb

GBU-31 JDAM aerial bombs in the hangar bay of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

An aerial bomb is a type of explosive (bomb) or incendiary weapon intended to be dropped from an aircraft and travel through the air on a predictable, unpowered trajectory. Aerial bombs can be further categorized into free-falling unguided bombs, water-skipping bouncing bombs, volplaning glide bombs, and precision-guided "smart bombs".

The use of aerial bombs against ground targets are known as aerial bombing, which can be either tactical (in the forms of airstrike and precision bombing) or strategic (in the forms of area/carpet bombing and firebombing).

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