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 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... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Tyler Rogoway December 29, 2014 2:40 ... non-sensor fuzed cluster bombs, known as CBU-87s Combined Effects Weapons with Wind Corrected Munitions ... Cluster bombs have a bad rep and for good ...

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.

Use of CBU-87s and other Cluster Bombs in Kosovo. U.S., British and Dutch aircraft dropped more than 1,765 cluster bombs containing more than 295,000 cluster bomblets during the NATO air campaign ...

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 ...