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Mark 62 Quickstrike mine – A naval mine, which is a conversion of the Mark 82 bomb. [21] Mark 82 Mod 7 – Near-term solution for cluster bomb replacement that replaces the forged steel casing with a unitary "cast ductile iron" warhead and reconfigured burst height and fuze locations, dispersing iron fragmentation over a large area to fulfill ...
Nicknamed "snake", as in the typical Vietnam support loadout of "snake and nape" (250 lb Mk 81 Snakeye bombs and 500 lb M-47 napalm canisters). GBU-29 Joint Direct Attack Munition , a precision guided version of the Mark 81 (cancelled).
Mk 82 Snake Eye was a standard Mk 82 with folded retarding petals. Mk 82 Retarded was a standard Mk 82 with a ballute. Mk 83 Retarded was a standard Mk 83 with a ballute. Mk 84 Retarded was a standard Mk 84 with a ballute. The retarder is used to allow the aircraft escape the "blast pattern" in low altitude delivery. [9]
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Mk. 82/Snakeye I 500-lb bomb with tail retarding device. At approximately 14:00 local time both RFA Sir Tristram and RFA Sir Galahad were badly damaged [17] by five A-4Bs of Grupo 5. Three A-4s targeted Sir Galahad, which was hit by three bombs released from the Skyhawk flown by First Lieutenant Carlos Cachón.
Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.
Between the war's start last October and recent days, the United States has transferred at least 14,000 of the MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, 3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air ...
An explosion occurred after a U.S. bomb from World War II detonated at an airport in Japan on Wednesday, Oct. 2 The incident happened at Miyazaki Airport, a former Imperial Japanese Navy base ...