Open Source Munitions Portal documented Israeli Air Force June 2025 imagery showing BLU-109 hard-target penetrator bomb bodies and GBU-31 JDAM assemblies in the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict.
| Claim | Sources |
|---|---|
| Israel fielded BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and GBU-31 JDAM munitions during the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict. | |
| The June 13, 2025 date falls in the opening Israeli air offensive of Operation Rising Lion. | Sources: CRS 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict |
| The BLU-109 is a 2,000-pound hard-target penetrator body compatible with JDAM-family guided bomb configurations. | Sources: Air Force JDAM Fact Sheet, BLU-109 - Open Source Munitions Portal |
Timeline
Israel began direct air operations against Iran, opening the conflict phase in which Israeli BLU-109/JDAM imagery was later cataloged.
Sources: CRS 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict
Open Source Munitions Portal cataloged Israeli Air Force imagery showing BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and GBU-31 JDAM munitions in the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict context.
The BLU-109 appears in the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict through Israeli Air Force imagery cataloged by Open Source Munitions Portal. OSMP's June 13, 2025 entry identifies BLU-109 hard-target penetrator bomb bodies and GBU-31 JDAM munitions in the Israel-Iran conflict context, tying the weapon to Israeli air operations rather than to a transfer-only or stockpile claim.
The available public identification supports Israeli fielding and carriage of BLU-109/JDAM munitions during the opening phase of Operation Rising Lion. It does not, by itself, identify a specific Iranian target struck by a BLU-109.
On June 13, 2025, Israel opened Operation Rising Lion with air operations against Iranian nuclear, missile, air-defense, and command targets. The conflict metadata and CRS summary place this date at the start of the direct Israel-Iran fighting.
The same date anchors the BLU-109 evidence: OSMP cataloged Israeli Air Force imagery from June 13 as showing BLU-109 and GBU-31 JDAM munitions in the conflict. That makes June 13 the first currently documented public appearance of the BLU-109 in this catalog's 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict record.
Sources: CRS 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, OSMP 1450 Israel-Iran BLU-109 Identification
In this conflict record, the BLU-109's role is an Israeli air-delivered hard-target strike munition. The U.S. Air Force describes JDAM as a guidance kit that can be paired with 2,000-pound bomb bodies including the BLU-109, while the parent BLU-109 record identifies the weapon as a forged-steel penetrator body used inside guided bombs such as the GBU-31 JDAM and GBU-24 Paveway III.
The documented conflict-use claim is therefore narrower than a general description of Operation Rising Lion's target set: the sourced record shows Israeli BLU-109/JDAM fielding during the conflict, while broader official and research sources provide the operation's timing and air-strike context.
Sources: Air Force JDAM Fact Sheet, BLU-109 - Open Source Munitions Portal, OSMP 1450 Israel-Iran BLU-109 Identification
