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A nuclear depth bomb is the nuclear equivalent of a conventional depth charge, and can be used in anti-submarine warfare for attacking submerged submarines.The Royal Navy, Soviet Navy, and United States Navy all had nuclear depth bombs in their arsenals at one point.
The Mk 101 Lulu was a US nuclear depth bomb operational from 1958 to 1972. A depth charge fitted with a nuclear warhead is also known as a "nuclear depth bomb". These were designed to be dropped from a patrol plane or deployed by an anti-submarine missile from a surface ship, or another submarine, located a safe distance away.
The Mk-101 "Lulu" started to be replaced by the multipurpose B57 nuclear bomb during the mid-1960s. The B-57 was a bomb that could be used by tactical aircraft against land targets, as well as a nuclear depth charge. [1] The Mk-101 "Lulu" had a length of 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m), diameter of 1 ft 6 in (46 cm), and weighed 1,200 lb (540 kg).
The attitude then changed and SUBROC flew to its destination following a predetermined ballistic trajectory. At a predetermined time in the trajectory, the reentry vehicle (containing the warhead) separated from the solid fuel motor. The low kiloton [a] W55 nuclear depth bomb dropped into the water and sank rapidly to detonate near its target ...
The Mark 90 nuclear bomb, given the nickname "Betty", was a Cold War nuclear depth charge, developed by the United States in 1952. It had a length of 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m), a diameter of 2 ft 7.5 in (0.80 m), and a weight of 1,243 lb (564 kg), and it carried a Mark 7 nuclear warhead with a yield of 32 kilotons .
Mk. 17 depth bomb is being unloaded from a SOC Seagull scout plane on board the USS Philadelphia (CL-41) during an Atlantic U-boat sweep near Panama in June 1942. Air-dropped depth bombs were normally set to explode at a shallow depth, while the submarine was crash-diving to escape attack.
B57 nuclear bomb. The B57 nuclear bomb was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War.. Entering production in 1963 as the Mk 57, the bomb was designed to be dropped from high-speed tactical aircraft.
The B90 Nuclear Depth Strike Bomb (NDSB) [1] was an American thermonuclear bomb designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory [2] in the mid-to-late 1980s and cancelled prior to introduction into military service due to the end of the Cold War. [3] [4] The B90 design was intended for use as a naval aircraft weapon, for use as a nuclear depth bomb ...