بلو-109 (قنبلة)
| BLU-109 | |
|---|---|
 A BLU-109 aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle configured as a JDAM | |
| النوع | Free-fall penetration bomb (guided when equipped as JDAM or Paveway) |
| مكان الأصل | United States |
| تاريخ الخدمة | |
| يستخدمه | United States Air Force |
| المواصفات | |
| الوزن | 2,000 lb (910 kg) |
| الطول | 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m) |
| القطر | 14.6 in (370 mm) |
| الحشوة | Tritonal[1] |
| وزن الحشوة | 550 lb (250 kg)[1] |
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The BLU-109/B is a hardened bunker buster penetration bomb used by the United States Air Force (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit). As with other "bunker busters", it is intended to penetrate concrete shelters and other hardened structures before exploding. In addition to the US, it is part of the armament of the air forces of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.[2]
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Design
The BLU-109/B has a steel casing about 1 inch (25 mm) thick. Its warhead is filled with 550 pounds (250 kg) of Tritonal.[3] It has a mechanical-electrical delayed-action FMU-143 tail-fuze.[4] The BLU-109 entered service in 1985. It is also used as the warhead of some marks of the GBU-15 electro-optically guided bomb, the GBU-24 Paveway III and GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bombs, as well as the GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)[5] and AGM-130 air-to-surface missile.
Variants
The BLU-118 is reportedly a thermobaric explosive filler variation on the BLU-109 casing and basic bomb design.[6] It contains PBXIH-135, a traditional explosive.[7]
In 2015 General Dynamics started a $7.2 million development of a version called HAMMER, which is intended to destroy chemical and biological substances by spreading dozens of Kinetic Fireballs Incendiaries (KFI) (not explosions) inside a bunker. The KFIs have evolved out of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by Exquadrum, Inc. of Adelanto, California.[8]
Operators
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The BLU-109 has been sold to key US allies including South Korea, Israel, Greece, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan and Turkey[9][10]
الولايات المتحدة: United States Air Force
المغرب: Royal Moroccan Air Force
كوريا الجنوبية: Republic of Korea Air Force
اليونان: Hellenic Air Force[10]
تركيا: Turkish Air Force
إسرائيل: Israeli Air Force
صربيا: Serbian Air Force
پاكستان: Pakistan Air Force
السعودية: Royal Saudi Air Force
الإمارات العربية المتحدة: United Arab Emirates Air Force
هولندا: Royal Netherlands Air Force
See also
References
- ^ أ ب BLU-109/B fact sheet - Hill AFB, USAF
- ^ Forecast International (2004). BLU-116/B Archived 10 مارس 2012 at the Wayback Machine, page 4. Accessed 12 May 2011.
- ^ J. Hart, Russell (15 فبراير 2012). "Defeating Hard And Deeply Buried Targets in 2035" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center (.mil). p. 7-8. Retrieved 5 يوليو 2024.
- ^ "Gulf War - Air Power Survey, Volume IV - Weapons, Tactics, and Training" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. p. 71. Retrieved 4 يوليو 2024.
- ^ Chow Seng, Chor (ديسمبر 2008). "A Business Case Analysis of the Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) Joint Cap Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center (.mil) | Naval Postgraduate School. p. 1. Retrieved 5 يوليو 2024.
- ^ "BLU-118/B Thermobaric Weapon". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived from the original on 27 يوليو 2019. Retrieved 6 ديسمبر 2013.
- ^ Little, Robert. "A race to get a new bomb for cave war". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 7 أبريل 2014. Retrieved 5 أبريل 2014.
- ^ Drew, James. "Pentagon taps General Dynamics to test fireball bunker bomb Archived 19 فبراير 2018 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ The Most “Political” of All Bombs. http://www.quatrostrategies.com/2016/02/29/the-most-political-of-all-bombs/ Archived 6 سبتمبر 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ أ ب "BLU-109/B (Bomb Live Unit)". www.haf.gr.