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 US Army helicopters. The numbers may include rounds that were not actually fired or released, such as weapons jettisoned or lost aboard aircraft that were shot down. (Thanks to Jussi Saari for pointing this out.) All costs reflect 1991 US 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

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