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)


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    Title :

    Design, Development, and Production of the BLU-82/B Bomb and BBU-23/B Booster


    Contributors:
    J. W. Moyer (author)

    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    56 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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