Английская Википедия:BLU-109 bomb

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A BLU-109 aboard a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon configured as a JDAM
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F-16I (Israeli Air Force) with BLU-109 forged steel point tip, and a BLU109 JDAM, Шаблон:Cvt bunker buster penetration bomb

The BLU-109/B is a hardened penetration bomb used by the United States Air Force (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit). As with other "bunker busters", it is intended to penetrate concrete shelters and other hardened structures before exploding. In addition to the US, it is part of the armament of the air forces of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.[1]

Design

The BLU-109/B has a steel casing about Шаблон:Convert thick, filled with Шаблон:Convert of Tritonal. It has a delayed-action tail-fuze. The BLU-109 entered service in 1985. It is also used as the warhead of some marks of the GBU-15 electro-optically guided bomb, the GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bomb, and the AGM-130 rocket-boosted weapon. This weapon can penetrate Шаблон:Convert of reinforced concrete,[2] which is greater than the Шаблон:Convert capability of the Small Diameter Bomb.[3]

Variants

The BLU-118 is reportedly a thermobaric explosive filler variation on the BLU-109 casing and basic bomb design.[4] It contains PBXIH-135, a traditional explosive.[5]

In 2015 General Dynamics started a $7.2 million development of a version called HAMMER, which is intended to destroy chemical and biological substances by spreading dozens of Kinetic Fireballs Incendiaries (KFI) (not explosions) inside a bunker. The KFIs have evolved out of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by Exquadrum, Inc. of Adelanto, California.[6]

Operators

The BLU-109 has been sold to key US allies including South Korea, Israel, Greece, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan and Turkey[7][8]

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Forecast International (2004). BLU-116/B Шаблон:Webarchive, page 4. Accessed 12 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Drew, James. "Pentagon taps General Dynamics to test fireball bunker bomb Шаблон:Webarchive"
  7. ↑ The Most “Political” of All Bombs. http://www.quatrostrategies.com/2016/02/29/the-most-political-of-all-bombs/ Шаблон:Webarchive
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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