This report discusses the design, development, and fabrication of 225 emergency capability, 15,000-pound BLU-82/B slurry explosive bombs, for use in southeast Asia as tree-clearing munitions to create helicopter landing zones, and to provide follow-on capability to the modified Air Force, World War II, 10,000-pound M-121 bomb. The BLU-82/B utilizes existing Air Force fuzing and parachute systems and is delivered by the cargo-extraction mode from the C-130 aircraft. (ERA citation 10:028663)
Design, Development, and Production of the BLU-82/B Bomb and BBU-23/B Booster
1970
56 pages
Report
No indication
English
Bombs , Chemical Explosives , Design , Fabrication , Testing , ERDA/450100
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