PDU-5B dispenser unit
Illustration — Three PDU-5 Leaflet Bombs sitting on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The PDU-5/B is an aircraft-deployed leaflet dispersal unit. It is derived from the CBU-100 "Rockeye" Cluster Bomb, developed by the U.S. Air Force around 1999.
PDU-5B dispenser unit
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza. · This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 030308-N-4142G-008 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required · Public domain
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Illustration — Three PDU-5 Leaflet Bombs sitting on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The PDU-5/B is an aircraft-deployed leaflet dispersal unit. It is derived from the CBU-100 "Rockeye" Cluster Bomb, developed by the U.S. Air Force around 1999.
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It was used successfully in Afghanistan and Iraq to distribute leaflets. In 2015, it was used again to drop 60,000 leaflets near Raqqa, Syria.
PDU-5B dispenser unit is an aerial bomb or ammunition model.
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