The marines had no tank support, but a new weapon was on its way. 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 ...

B-52 bombers can drop the new precision-guided cluster bombs Six precision-guided CBU-105 cluster bombs have been dropped on an Iraqi tank column defending Baghdad, the US military has said. The new ...

In this video, we delve into the complex world of non-guided aerial weaponry as we explore the Mk 20, also known as the CBU-100 Cluster Bomb. This powerful weapon, crafted with meticulous detail ...

Why so much? Because these aren't ordinary cluster bombs. To be specific, this deal involves Textron's CBU-105 munitions, a high-altitude variant of the company's CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon.

Cluster bombs are back in the U.S. military arsenal. A Department of Defense memo released last week reversed an impending ban on the highly controversial weapons that had been set to come into effect ...

The crew of that plane, we are told, dropped what looked like a fairly standard 1,000-pound bomb. But this particular one, dubbed the CBU-105 ... an attack by this cluster bomb unit would ...

The CBU-97 is very similar to the 'peel away,' drum-like cluster bomb canisters of decades past. Once dropped over an enemy formation, surface-to-air missile site or air base, the cluster bomb ...

How a cluster bomb works 1. The cluster bomb, in this case a CBU-87, is dropped from a plane and can fly about nine miles before releasing its load of about 200 bomblets. 2. The canister starts to ...

The United States used primarily two types of cluster bombs in Afghanistan-the CBU-87 and the CBU-103. 6 Each model consists of a three-part green metal casing about five-and-a-half feet (1.7 ...

US forces are closing in on Baghdad and military officials said CBU-105 cluster bombs were used against tanks guarding the Iraqi capital on Wednesday. It was the first time this weapon had been ...

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 ...