BLU-108
The BLU-108 is an air-delivered submunition, containing four further smart "Skeet" warheads. The system is manufactured by Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems since 1992. The BLU-108 is released from a munitions dispenser, with a parachute being used to slow its descent.
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The BLU-108 is an air-delivered submunition, containing four further smart "Skeet" warheads. The system is manufactured by Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems since 1992. The BLU-108 is released from a munitions dispenser, with a parachute being used to slow its descent.
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BLU-108/B specifications
BLU-108/B specifications
It then fires the four rapidly rotating skeets, which use multi-mode optical sensors to identify a variety of targets ranging from tanks and missile launchers to railway locomotives and stationary aircraft. When the skeet passes over what it considers a high priority target (this priority can be changed prior to employment), it fires a 0.9 kg (2 lb) explosively formed penetrator providing armor-piercing and incendiary effects, as well as a fragmentation ring meant to damage any soft targets, primarily enemy personnel, in the immediate vicinity of the target.
• Length: 78.8 cm (31.0 in) • Diameter: 13.3 cm (5.25 in) • Maximum lateral dimension: 18.4 cm (7.25 in) • Weight: 29.5 kg (65 lb)
Skeet specifications
Skeet specifications
• Height: 9.5 cm (3.75 in) • Diameter: 12.7 cm (5.0 in) • Weight: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) • Seeker: Dual-mode active (laser) and passive (infrared) sensors • Explosive: 945 g (2.08 lb) Octol • Kill mechanism: Explosively formed penetrator and fragmentation
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Weapon systems
• AGM-154B Joint Standoff Weapon • CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon • U-ADD (Universal aerial delivery dispenser)
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