-
release many
small bomblets over a wide area, they pose
risks to
civilians both
during attacks and afterwards.
Unexploded bomblets can kill or maim civilians...
- M134
bomblet was
designed for the M190
Honest John
rocket warhead. The
bomblets carried sarin nerve agent and
after the
missile was
fired the
bomblets were...
-
inertial guidance. It
carries 950 M74 anti-personnel and anti‑materiel (APAM)
bomblets, each
about the size of a
baseball and
weighing 1.3 lb (0.59 kg), which...
- 1 or Mod 2 anti-tank
bomblets in an SUU-75
dispenser CBU-100
Rockeye II,
consists of 247 Mk 118 Mod 1 or Mod 2 anti-tank
bomblets in an SUU-76 dispenser...
- held 52 M139
bomblets. When the MGM-29
Sergeant was deplo**** in the 1960s, it had the
capacity to
deliver a
warhead carrying 330 M139
bomblets. In total...
- the
bomblet deplo**** gave it the
superficial appearance of a
large butterfly. The
design was very
distinctive and easy to recognise. SD 2
bomblets were...
- them down and
spreads them out. Once the
bomblets reach a
force of 6 Gs they arm themselves. As the
bomblets fall, they are also spinning.
Arming takes...
-
bomblet, the M143 was
smaller than the M139. The
Sergeant missile system used the M143 in its M210 warhead,
which could hold 720
individual bomblets....
-
walls of U.S.
bomblets,
about 3 mm. The M43
cluster bomb was
designed to hold 57 M138s,
arranged in
three stacks of 19
bomblets. Each
bomblet held about...
-
failure rate is
about 5%. This
equates to
about 10
bomblets not
exploding on
impact of the 202
bomblets dropped.
Landmine Action claimed the
failure rate...
