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 ...

U.S. has not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions hence B-52 Stratofortress bombers ... used their payload made of a Cluster Bomb Unit-103 and two CBU-87B munitions; a “unique opportunity ...

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 ...

But this particular one, dubbed the CBU-105, is seeing its first ... can do a lot more damage. "With a cluster bomb like this," says Pike, "a single B-52 can destroy an entire armored division ...

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.

CBU-87 cluster bomb use has continued after the first week ... F-16, F/A-18, B-1, and B-52 aircraft. International aircraft currently certified for the CBU-87 include NATO F-16s, British Hawk ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...