Английская Википедия:E96 cluster bomb
Шаблон:Short description The E96 cluster bomb was an American anti-personnel biological cluster bomb developed in 1950.
History
A February 24, 1950 report prepared by William M. Creasy, a colonel in the Army Chemical Corps' Research and Engineering Division, characterized the E96 cluster bomb as in the final stages of development.[1] According to Creasy's report, at the time the U.S. had no other biological weapon systems ready for use in battle.[1]
Specifications
The E96 cluster bomb was a Шаблон:Convert biological weapon designed to deliver an anti-personnel or anti-animal biological agent.[1] It consisted of 104 E48 sub-munitions, each one weighing Шаблон:Convert.[1] The sub-munitions were clustered into an E38 cluster adapter and when used, would be dropped from Шаблон:Convert generating an aerosol cloud in the shape of an ellipse.[1]
References
Шаблон:U.S. biological weapons
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Whitby, Simon M. Biological Warfare Against Crops, (Google Books), Macmillan, 2002, pp. 104-08, (Шаблон:ISBN).
