Pentagon taps General Dynamics to test fireball bunker bomb
Citat:The US Air Force could soon have a new air-delivered tool in its arsenal for destroying chemical and biological weapons – a Hammer, fittingly, or Heated And Mobile Munitions Employing Rockets.
A $7.2 million contract recently awarded to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Aerospace furthers the development of a new munitions concept, which involves littering an underground bunker or weapons storage facility with hundreds of 2.4kg (5.5lb) rocket-propelled fireballs designed to incinerate chemical and biological agents at temperatures in excess 538°C (1,000°F).
The “kinetic fireball incendiaries” would be delivered inside a 907kg (2,000lb) BLU-109B bunker bomb – which has enough punching power to penetrate 1.8m (6ft) of reinforced concrete.
Turk Missile-Maker To Pitch Rockets, Anti-Tank Missiles to Poland
Citat:Turkey's state-controlled missile producer Roketsan signed a deal with the Polish company WZL1 to make its debut in Poland.
Roketsan said the deal with WZL1 aims to have two of its products, the Cirit and the UMTAS, integrated into Polish armed forces platforms.
"Roketsan and WZL1 have agreed to cooperate in order to offer solutions [to the Polish military] based on Roketsan's Cirit and UMTAS systems," the company said.
Roketsan won a $196.2 million contract from the United Arab Emirates for its Cirit laser-guided rocket system in 2014. Cirit is one of several programs launched by Turkey to equip the Turkish Army's T-129, AH-1P Cobra and AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters with low-cost precision strike capabilities. The 70mm rocket has a range of eight kilometers.
Citat: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a Foreign Military Sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM®) to the Polish Air Force for its F-16 fleet.
Juzna Koreja kupuje od Izraela SPICE-2000
Citat:To hit long-range targets, the Air Force will introduce Israeli-made bomb guidance kits known as "SPICE," an acronym for smart, precise impact and cost-effective.
When dropped from a high altitude by KF-16s, the SPICE-2000 guided bombs can travel more than 50 kilometers and hit targets, including on the other side of a mountain.
Citat:Bombs are prepared to be loaded into a B-52 Stratofortress of the US Air Force in Guam for a Linebacker II strike during the Vietnam War. (USAF Photo)
