BLU-116A/B
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. 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. The BLU-116 has a lightweight outer shell around a dense, heavy metal penetrator core.
Also recorded as BLU116A/B · BOMB, PENETRATING BLU-116A/B · 1325-01-487-1621 · EB48
BLU-116A/B
- Name
- BLU-116
- Field
- bunker buster
- Region
- United States
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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. 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. The BLU-116 has a lightweight outer shell around a dense, heavy metal penetrator core.
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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.
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• Name — BLU-116 • Origin — United States • Type — 'Bunker buster' bomb • Used By — United States Air Force • Weight — 874 kg • Length — 2.4 m • Width —.37 m • Filling — PBXN • Filling Weight — 109 kg
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