Descrizione tecnica delle Cluster Bomb.
per Mau & Bisqui
da
(www.fas.org - organo federale dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti D'America)
CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munitions (CEM)
BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB)
The CBU-87 is a 1,000-pound, Combined Effects Munition (CEM) for attacking soft target areas with detonating bomblets. The CBU-87 CEM, an all-purpose, air-delivered cluster weapons system, consists of a SW-65 Tactical Munitions Dispenser (TMD) with an optional FZU-39 proximity sensor. The BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB), effective against armor, personnel and material, contains a shaped charge, scored steel casing and zirconium ring for anti-armor, fragmentation and incendiary capability. The bomblet case is made of scored steel designed to break into approximately 300 preformed ingrain fragments for defeating light armor and personnel. A total of 202 of these bomblets are loaded in each dispenser enabling a single payload attack against a variety and wide area coverage. The footprint for the CBU-87 is approximatel 200 meters by 400 meters. The body of the submunition is cylindrical in shape, approximately 20 centimeters long, and has a 6 centimeter diameter. It is bright yellow when new.
During Desert Storm the US Air Force dropped 10,035 CBU-87s. During Allied Force the US dropped about 1,100 cluster bombs, and most of these were CBU-87s. The dud rate for a standard cluster was approximately five percent.

Specification
| Contractor |
Aerojet General / Honeywell |
| Weight: |
950 pounds |
| Length: |
92 inches |
| Diameter: |
15.6 inches |
| Guidance: |
None |
| Control: |
Spin [6 selections] |
| Autopilot: |
None |
| Propulsion: |
None |
| Warhead: |
202 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB) anti-personnel / anti-materiel shaped-charge fragmentation & incendiary |
| Aircraft |
6 F-4 F-15 4 F-16 8 F-111 4 A-7 4 A-10 30 B-52 |
Unit Cost List Price |
$13,941 [$ FY90] |
...e questa è la descrizione tecnica delle bombe interne
Specification
| Weight: |
800 pounds |
| Length: |
93 inches |
| Diameter: |
16 inches |
| Guidance: |
None |
| Control: |
None |
| Autopilot: |
None |
| Propulsion: |
None |
| Maximum Velocity: |
625 KIAS |
| Warhead: |
650 BLU-63A/B anti-materiel / anti-personnel bomblet submunitions |
| Fuse: |
M339, FMU-56, FMU-11, FMU-26, M907 |
| Aircraft |
8 A-7 4-8 F-4 4 F-16 8 F-111 B-52, A-37, A-10, F-5 |
| Unit Cost: |
$2,893 (FY90$) |
Dove leggete "None" vuol dire "nessuno". Cioè nessuna guida, nessun controllo, nessun autopilota.
e stiamo parlando di bombe mortali...
Mau & Bisqui, eccovi accontentati. Mi sembrava eccessivo pubblicare anche i dati tecnici, ma visto che me li avete chiesti, spero di essere stato abbastanza esaustivo. Pensare che qualcuno possa "inventarsi" cose del genere è davvero patetico.