CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munitions (CEM) BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB)
The CBU-87 is a 1,000-pound, Combined Effects Munition (CEM) for attacking soft target areas with detonating bomblets. The CBU-87 CEM, an all-purpose, air-delivered cluster weapons system, consists of a SW-65 Tactical Munitions Dispenser (TMD) with an optional FZU-39 proximity sensor. The BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB), effective against armor, personnel and material, contains a shaped charge, scored steel casing and zirconium ring for anti-armor, fragmentation and incendiary capability. The bomblet case is made of scored steel designed to break into approximately 300 preformed ingrain fragments for defeating light armor and personnel. 202 of these bomblets are loaded in each dispenser enabling a single payload attack against a variety and wide area coverage. The body of the submunition is cylindrical in shape, approximately 20 centimeters long, and has a 6 centimeter diameter. It is bright yellow when new. During Desert Storm the US Air Force dropped 10,035 CBU-87s.
Specifications
Contractor Aerojet General / Honeywell Weight: 950 pounds Length: 92 inches Diameter: 15.6 inches Guidance: None Control: Spin [6 selections] Autopilot: None Propulsion: None Warhead: 202 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB) anti-personnel/anti-materiel shaped-charge fragmentation & incendiary Fuse: Integral part of dispenser 12 time selections FZU-39/B proximity sensor 10 height-of-burst selections Aircraft 6 F-4 F-15 4 F-16 8 F-111 4 A-7 4 A-10 30 B-52
Unit Cost List Price $13,941 [$ FY90]
Maintained by John Pike Updated Saturday, January 23, 1999 12:56:17 PM