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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Textron, the last U.S. company to build cluster bombs ... Iraq and now Libya. The CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is composed of two main components: a bomb and a guidance kit that allows it to ...
The 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 cluster bomb yesterday ...
And you will find photos of a CBU-58 cluster bomb casing with clear white markings... Amnesty International won a remarkable victory last week when the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) agreed to end its ...
The decision by Rhode Island-based Textron Systems follows a White House order last May to block the transfer of a Textron shipment of CBU-105 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia, a move first reported ...
U.S. production of cluster bombs ended in 2016 amid outrage over Saudi Arabia’s use of U.S.-made CBU-105 munitions in multiple civilian areas in Yemen. The controversy spurred the Obama ...