Last week the U.S. Air Force announced successful ... to replace its controversial cluster bombs. The new weapon aims to be as lethal as a cluster bomb, but without leaving unexploded warheads ...

U.S. has not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions hence B-52 Stratofortress bombers ... 11, two B-52s from the 23rd Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, successfully dropped conventional ...

The Air Force recently tested a new next-generation fragmentation bomb on the F-16 Fighting Falcon meant to be an alternative to cluster munitions that diminishes the risk of unexploded ordnance ...

The US Air Force ... bomb, part of a family of warheads that also includes the 500-pound BLU-134, releases deadly metal fragments instead of the "bomblets" released by the CBU-87 and CBU-103 ...

Barksdale Air Force ... cluster bomb rack system, but the method raised safety concerns and the practice was eliminated. "We've still been able to utilize LGB's underneath the wings of the B-52 ...

U.S. Air Force photo. The U.S. Air Force recently tested a new cluster ... a B-52 bomber from the 419th Flight Test Squadron dropping eight of the PDU-5/B bombs over a target area. Each bomb ...

Along with nuclear bombs and several other weapons, the U.S. Air ... B-52 used a PDU-5/B, a new-use or variant of an older Cluster Bomb Uni designated MK 20 Rockeye II, SUU-76B/B, and/or CBU ...

A B-52 bomber dropped two CBU-105 cluster bombs aimed at the leading edge of the Iraqi armor. “The entire first third of the Iraqi tank column was decimated,” said Air Force Col. James Knox.

A new kind of bomb made its combat debut in Wednesday's attack on Republican Guard forces, according to the Air Force. A B-52 Stratofortress dropped six sensor-fused CBU-105 cluster bombs on a ...

But this particular one, dubbed the CBU-105, is seeing its first action ever in combat, and according to the U.S. Air Force ... "With a cluster bomb like this," says Pike, "a single B-52 can ...

During the first week of the campaign, it is believed that Air Force B-1 bombers dropped 50 CBU-87 cluster bombs in some five missions. CBU-87 cluster bomb use has continued after the first week ...

The U.S. Air Force ... CBU-105 bombs, which were developed only six years ago, had never before been used in combat. Officials at the U.S. Central Command announced the use of the high-tech ...