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[1] [4] The bomber can drop conventional and thermonuclear weapons, [5] such as up to eighty 500-pound class (230 kg) Mk 82 JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged in-service aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.
a B-2 Spirit Dropping Mk.82 Bombs. Persian یک بی-۲ اسپیریت در یک تمرین آموزشی در سال 1994 در نزدیکی پوینت موگو، کالیفرنیا، نزدیک پارک ایالتی پوینت موگو، بمبهای امکی۸۲ را به داخل اقیانوس آرام میاندازد.
A typical mission dropped 168 tons of ordnance, dropping the bombs over an area 1.5 by 0.5 miles (2.41 by 0.80 km) with an explosive force equivalent to 10 to 17 MOABs. [11] [12] [13] MOAB was first tested with the explosive tritonal on 11 March 2003, on Range 70 located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It was tested again on 21 November ...
However, he said the use of the B-2 bomber, which is the only warplane in the U.S. arsenal that can carry 30,000-pound so-called bunker busting bombs, "was a unique demonstration of the United ...
The mission included three B-29 bombers and their crews: Bockscar, The Great Artiste and The Big Stink. Bockscar was flown on 9 August 1945 by Crew C-15, which usually manned The Great Artiste; piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney, commander of the 393d Bombardment Squadron; and co-piloted by First Lieutenant Charles Donald Albury, C-15's aircraft commander. [7]
The bomb was released from its clamps and fell on the bomb bay doors, which held for a “second or two,” before breaking open and dropping a military-grade warhead on the Gregg home just east ...
The 1950 Rivière-du-Loup B-50 nuclear weapon loss incident refers to loss of a nuclear weapon near Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada, during the fall of 1950. The bomb was released due to engine troubles, and then was destroyed in a non-nuclear detonation before it hit the ground.
Who is dropping bombs in Ocala? Navy, Marines, Air Force, Army and Air National Guard aircraft all use the site to train, and officials can use 500, 1,000 and 2,000-pound live bombs, according to ...