GBU-28 - an American guided aircraft bomb weighing 2.3 tons, adopted in 1991 .
"GBU-28" is equipped with a laser guidance system . The GBU-28 hull is made from decommissioned artillery barrels , mainly an 8-inch (203mm) M110 howitzer. The bomb can penetrate more than 30 meters of soil or 6 meters of concrete .
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Application
- This weapon was successfully used against an underground military complex near Baghdad (Iraq).
- The Russian Arguments of the Week online citing “some data” claims that in August 2011 , during the assault on Tripoli by Libyan rebels, the US Air Force dropped a GBU-28 bomb on a bunker system in Gaddafi’s residence, Bab al-Aziziya .
TTX
- Developer: Lockheed-BLU-113 / B, National Forge-BLU-113A / B;
- Mass of the bomb, kg: 2270 kg;
- Penetrating warhead mass: 2003 kg;
- Length: 3.88 m;
- Diameter, m: 0.36 m;
- Fuse: FMU-143;
- Guidance system: laser;
- Range: about 10 km;
- Cost: $ 145600;
- Aircraft: F-15E , F-111 F
See also
- Seismic bomb