Editing Joint Direct Attack Munition (section)

===Anti-ship deployments===
[[File:Quickstrike ER naval mine attached to a B-52 bomber.jpg|thumb|An inert JDAM Quickstrike Extended Range mine is attached to a [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52H Stratofortress]]]]
In September 2014, the U.S. Air Force performed the first-ever drop of a precision-guided aerial [[naval mine|sea mine]], consisting of a Quickstrike mine equipped with a JDAM kit. The Quickstrike is a Mark 80-series general-purpose bomb with the fuze replaced with a target detection device (TDD) to detonate it when a ship passes within lethal range, a safe/arm device in the nose, and a parachute-retarder tailkit in the back. Dropping of naval mines has historically been challenging, as the delivery aircraft has to fly low and slow, {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on}} at {{convert|320|knot|mph km/h}}, making it vulnerable to hostile fire. The first aerial mining mission of [[Operation Desert Storm]] resulted in the loss of an aircraft, and the U.S. has not flown any combat aerial minings since.<ref name="New Wrinkles in Maritime Warfare">{{Cite web |last=Pietrucha |first=Michael W. |date=3 December 2015 |title=New Wrinkles in Maritime Warfare |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/12/new-wrinkles-in-maritime-warfare/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922024717/https://thediplomat.com/2015/12/new-wrinkles-in-maritime-warfare/ |archive-date=22 September 2023 |website=The Diplomat}}</ref><ref name="peck190815">{{Cite web |last=Peck |first=Michael |date=19 October 2015 |title=Get Ready, China and Iran: American Naval Super Mines Are Coming |url=https://nationalinterest.org/feature/get-ready-china-russia-american-super-mines-are-coming-14120 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019234655/http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/get-ready-china-russia-american-super-mines-are-coming-14120 |archive-date=19 October 2015 |website=National Interest}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Pietrucha |first=Michael W. |title=Twenty-First-Century Aerial Mining |url=https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-29_Issue-2/V-Pietrucha.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711035400/https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-29_Issue-2/V-Pietrucha.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2023 |website=U.S. Air University}}</ref>

The Quickstrike-J is a JDAM-equipped {{Convert|1000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} or {{Convert|2000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} version, and the GBU-62B(V-1)/B Quickstrike-ER is a {{Convert|500|lb|kg|abbr=on}} or {{Convert|2000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} gliding version based on the JDAM-ER, which has a range of {{convert|40|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} when launched from {{convert|35000|ft|m|abbr=on}}. Precision airdropping of naval mines is the first advance in aerial mine delivery techniques since World War II. It can increase the survivability of delivery aircraft, since instead of making multiple slow passes at low altitude directly over the area, an aircraft can release all of their mines in a single pass from a standoff distance and altitude. This increases the mines' effectiveness, since instead of laying a random pattern of mines in a loosely defined area, they can be laid directly into harbor mouths, shipping channels, canals, rivers, and inland waterways, reducing the number of mines required and enhancing the possibility of blocking ship transit corridors. Enemy naval ports can be blockaded, and a defensive minefield quickly planted to protect areas threatened by [[amphibious assault]].<ref name="New Wrinkles in Maritime Warfare" /><ref name="peck190815" /><ref name=":3" />  

A direct-attack bomb version called "Quicksink" was tested in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |last=Wetsig |first=Whitney |date=4 May 2022 |title=AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3014834/afrl-technology-makes-new-weapon-for-sinking-ships-a-reality/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907232827/https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3014834/afrl-technology-makes-new-weapon-for-sinking-ships-a-reality/ |archive-date=7 September 2023 |website=U.S. Air Force}}</ref> and were successfully used to sink {{USS|Dubuque|LPD-8}} and {{USS|Tarawa|LHA-1}} during the [[Exercise RIMPAC|RIMPAC]] 2024 exercise.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S., Partners Experiment with New Weapon Systems During RIMPAC 2024 SINKEX|first=Dzirhan |last=Mahadzir|date=July 23, 2024 |publisher=[[US Naval Institute]]|website=USNI News|url=https://news.usni.org/2024/07/23/u-s-partners-experiment-with-new-weapon-systems-during-rimpac-2024-sinkex}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stassis |first=Cristina |date=2024-07-25 |title=USS Tarawa sent to ocean floor in Rim of the Pacific exercise |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/07/25/uss-tarawa-sent-to-ocean-floor-in-rim-of-the-pacific-exercise/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Navy Times |language=en}}</ref>