Finally, there are the trusty cluster bombs, which are identified with the CBU designation. The US military's cluster bombs come in both guided and unguided flavors, and can deliver a wide range ...

The United States Air Force has employed ... pound or 24 MK-84 2,000-pound bombs; 84 MK-62 500-pound or eight MK-65 2,000-pound Quickstrike naval mines; 30 CBU-87/89 cluster bombs or 30 CBU ...

The Air Force budget includes two major ... problem in Afghanistan where the older CBU-87 was used widely). It does not make cluster bombs precision munitions that are safe to use in populated ...

allow the user to eliminate multiple targets with one bomb. A single CBU-105, for instance, could theoretically achieve 40 individual kills against an incoming small boat force. The US military ...