Air-Delivered Munitions in Desert Storm
These figures reflect air-delivered munitions expended by tactical elements of the USAF, USN, and USMC during the 1991 Gulf War, excluding any cannon rounds that may have been fired and missiles fired by U.S. Army helicopters. It is not clear whether the figures include rounds that were not actually employed against a target, such as weapons jettisoned or lost aboard aircraft that were shot down. (Thanks to Jussi Saari for pointing this out.) All costs reflect 1991 U.S. dollars. Source: Gulf War Air Power Survey, Volume 5.
Weapon Type
Number Expended
Unit Cost
Total Cost




Air-to-Air Missiles



AIM-7M
88
$225,700
$19,861,600
AIM-9M
86
$70,600
$6,071,600
Total
174

$25,933,200




Unguided Iron Bombs



Mk-82 lo-drag (500lb GP)
69,701
$498
$34,711,098
Mk-82 hi-drag (500lb GP)
7,952
$1,100
$8,747,200
Mk-83 lo-drag (1000lb GP)
19,018
$1,000
$19,018,000
Mk-84 lo-drag (2000lb GP)
9,578
$1,871
$17,920,438
Mk-84 hi-drag (2000lb GP)
2,611
$2,874
$7,504,014
M-117 lo-drag (750lb demo)
43,435
$253
$10,989,055
UK-1000 (1000lb GP)
288
$16,222
$4,671,936
CBU-52/58/71 (frag)
17,831
$2,159
$38,497,129
CBU-87 (CEM)
10,035
$13,941
$139,897,935
CBU-89 Gator
1,105
$39,963
$44,159,115
Mk-20 Rockeye II
27,987
$3,449
$96,527,163
CBU-72 FAE
254
$3,800
$965,200
CBU-78 Gator
209
$39,963
$8,352,267
Total
210,004

$431,960,550




Guided Bombs



GBU-10 (Laser/Mk-84)
2,637
$22,000
$58,014,000
GBU-12 (Laser/Mk-82)
4,493
$9,000
$40,437,000
GBU-15 (EO-IR/Mk-84)
71
$227,600
$16,159,600
GBU-16 (Laser/Mk-83)
219
$150,000
$32,850,000
GBU-24 (LL-laser/Mk-84)
284
$65,000
$18,460,000
GBU-24 (LL-laser/BLU-109)
897
$85,000
$76,245,000
GBU-27 (Laser/BLU-109)
739
$75,539
$55,823,321
GBU-28 (Laser/4000lb penet.)
2
$100,000
$200,000
Total
9,342

$298,188,921




Anti-Radiation Missiles (ARMs)



AGM-45 Shrike
78
$89,000
$6,942,000
AGM-88 HARM
1,961
$257,000
$503,977,000
Total
2,039

$510,919,000




Air-to-Surface Missiles



AGM-132A Skipper II
12
$31,240
$374,880
AGM-62B Walleye II
133
$70,000
$9,310,000
AGM-65B Maverick (EO)
1,673
$64,100
$107,239,300
AGM-65C Maverick
5
$110,000
$550,000
AGM-65D Maverick (IR)
3,405
$111,000
$377,955,000
AGM-65E Maverick (Laser)
36
$101,000
$3,636,000
AGM-65G Maverick (IR)
177
$269,000
$47,613,000
AGM-84E SLAM
7
$346,000
$2,422,000
Total
5,448

$549,100,180




Cruise Missiles



BGM-109 TLAM
298
$1,100,000
$327,800,000
AGM-86C CALCM
35
$1,500,000
$52,500,000
Total
333

$380,300,000




Helicopter-fired Missiles



AGM-114 Hellfire (Laser-USN)
30
$35,127
$1,053,810
AGM-114 Hellfire (Laser-USMC)
159
$35,546
$5,651,814
BGM-71 TOW
293
$15,000
$4,395,000
Total
482

$11,100,624




Grand Total


$2,207,502,475