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When fitted with the WCMD the CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, GBU-89 GATOR and the CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon are respectively known as the CBU-103, CBU-104 and the CBU-105; the latter anti-armor weapon was deployed but not used during Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War, and fired in combat during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force 1,000-pound (450 kg)-class freefall Cluster Bomb Unit. It was developed and produced by Textron Defense Systems . A CBU-97 used in conjunction with the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser guidance tail kit is converted to a precision-guided weapon , and the combination is designated CBU ...
To be specific, this deal involves Textron's CBU-105 munitions, a high-altitude variant of the company's CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon. Textron's CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, Image source: Textron.
Since the 1990s submunition-based weapons have been designed that deploy smart submunitions, using thermal and visual sensors to locate and attack particular targets, usually armored vehicles. Weapons of this type include the US CBU-97 sensor-fuzed weapon, first used in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Some ...
CBU-105; CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon (PAW) MK15; Mk 20 Rockeye II; MK22; M29; References External links. Global Security; This page was last edited on 11 February ...
CBU-103 (CBU-87 with Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser kit) The CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition (CEM) is a cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force, developed by Aerojet General/Honeywell and introduced in 1986 to replace the earlier cluster bombs used in the Vietnam War. CBU stands for Cluster Bomb Unit.
A CBU-100 Rockeye deployed by an A-4 Skyhawk that opens immediately after deployment drops 247 bomblets. The CBUs are delivered to the fleet as completely assembled all-up-rounds. The cargo section of the Rockeye's Mk 7 bomb dispenser is the main structure of the weapon and contains the bombs/bomblets.
Play fighting reduces tension in the group and avoids real fights. Although it is unclear from the video whether this was play fighting or a real conflict, our stick-wielding chimp successfully ...