BLU-116

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BLU-116
Type'Bunker buster' bomb
Place of origin United States
Service history
Used by United States Air Force
Specifications
Mass874 kg (1,927 lb) [1]
Length2.4 m (7.9 ft) [1]
Width.37 m (1.2 ft) [1]

The BLU-116 is a United States Air Force bomb, designed as an enhanced bunker buster penetration weapon, designed to penetrate deep into rock or concrete and destroy hard targets. [2]

The BLU-116 is the same shape, size, and weight (1,927 lb / 874 kg) and twice the penetration as the BLU-109 penetration bomb first deployed in the 1980s. [2] The BLU-116 has a lightweight outer shell around a dense, heavy metal penetrator core. The shape and size mean that the BLU-116 could be used by unmodified existing aircraft and bomb guidance units such as the GPS guided GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BLU-116 Advanced Unitary Penetrator (AUP) GBU-24 C/B (USAF) / GBU-24 D/B (Navy) Specifications, accessed Oct 2, 2007
  2. 1 2 BLU-116 Advanced Unitary Penetrator (AUP) GBU-24 C/B (USAF) / GBU-24 D/B (Navy), accessed Oct 2, 2007
  3. ↑ "BLU-116/B" (PDF). forecastinternational.com. November 2012.


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