CBU-87 cluster bomb use has continued after the first week, and it is believed that other airplanes joined B-1s in dropping cluster bombs on both fixed and mobile targets.

Cluster bombs have a bad rep and for good reasons. ... With the WCMD kit attached, the CBU-87 Combined Effects cluster munition is called a CBU-103.

They are referred to as "smart-guided" cluster bombs, and intended to achieve an accuracy of within 30 feet. Older cluster bombs can be used at altitudes of 200 to 20,000 feet, and at speeds of up to ...

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 two Stratofortress bombers used their payload made of a Cluster Bomb Unit-103 and two CBU-87B munitions; a “unique opportunity” since the Squadron only gets to drop these munitions no more ...

During Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia and Kosovo, the U.S. dropped about 1,100 CBU-87 cluster bombs (each containing 202 submunitions), the U.K. dropped about 500 RBL-755 cluster bombs (each ...

The CBU-105 cluster bomb contains 10 canisters, each of which disperses 4 explosive bomblets, called “skeets,” which can spread out over an area the size of a football field before detonating.

Cluster bombs are good at destroying lots of things spread over a huge area. What they’re not so good at is always exploding, with the sub-munitions falling to the ground and failing to detonate.

Textron just won an enormous $640 million contract to build 1,300 cluster bombs. ... bomblets dropped by traditional cluster bombs, the CBU-105 actually performs its own series of spectacular ...

Cluster bombs... Saudi-led coalition forces have dropped US-made cluster bombs on Yemeni neighborhoods. ... collapsed roofs and sandal-clad feet navigating rubble across the Yemeni capital. And you ...

U.S. planes attacking the Taliban have been using cluster bombs in recent days, a devastating weapon when used against troop concentrations. They also are used to shred targets such as artillery ...