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Air-to-Ground Weapons 101
Being an unguided iron bomb, the Mk 20 shares the employment constraints of
other iron bombs: visual targeting reduces accuracy, and effective range is
determined primarily by the speed and altitude of the releasing aircraft.
See Chapter 3 for details on aiming iron bombs.
Rockeye (Mk20)
Type: Multipurpose cluster bomb
Weight, kg: 222
Length, m: 2.34
Body Diameter, m: 0.335
TNT Equivalent, kg: 50
Aircraft Types
1. A-10A
7.105 ALQ-131
The Westinghouse ALQ-131 jamming pod began development in the early 1970’s.
It operates over a wide range of frequencies and utilizes a power management
module to control the jammer’s output power. With digital reprogrammable
software, the ALQ-131 still provides effective jamming support on today’s
electronic battlefield.
7.2. Russian Air-to-Ground Weapons
Bombs
Bombs are used for destroying comparatively large and fortified targets. After the
release the bomb either follows a ballistic trajectory (free-fall bombs), or moves
under control of its guidance system (guided bombs).
A typical bomb consists of a cylindrical body equipped with stabilizers, a charge of
explosive, and a fuse. The most common bombs are blast (Russian designation
FAB), fragmentation (OAB), concrete-piercing (BetAB) and incendiary (ZAB)
bombs, and combined-action bombs, (for example, blast-fragmentation (OFAB)
bombs). All these types of bombs can be monolithic or cassette.
Free-fall Bombs
Free-fall bombs have no guidance or control capabilities, falling along a
relatively predictable path depending on the flight profile of the aircraft at the
time of release.