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Parent topics
- Bomb [r]: Explosive device that typically rely on the exothermic chemical reaction of an explosive material to produce an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. [e]
- Bomber aircraft [r]: Airplanes optimized to deliver weapons to surface targets, rather than to fight other airplanes. [e]
- Explosives [r]: Explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitroglycerin. [e]
Subtopics
- Ejector rack (aircraft) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B-2 Spirit (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B-52 Superfortress (bomber) [r]: United States Air Force heavy bomber, first version flown in 1952, entered service in 1961, expected to stay operational until at least 2030 [e]
- ARC LIGHT [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MSQ-77 [r]: Vietnam War-era bombing accuracy tracking radar. originally for training but adapted for use in guiding B-52 strikes against targets in South Vietnam, and other applications including ground controlled approach [e]
- Nuclear weapon [r]: Add brief definition or description
B53 (nuclear weapon) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mark 8x series conventional bomb [r]: The main family of U.S. high-explosive unguided gravity bombs, to which guidance kits such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition or PAVEWAY laser guidance can be attached [e]
- Antitank cluster submunition [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guided bomb [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cluster munition [r]: A military weapon, fired or dropped from another weapon, that releases smaller submunitions that cause the actual destructive effect [e]
- GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ju-87 [r]: German WWII dive bomber that gave excellent close air support in the early blitzkriegs, but was too slow to survive in the Battle of Britain and against later fighters [e]
- Offensive counter-air [r]: Air operations intended to damage or destroy enemy aircraft and missile capabilities, both by attacking ground facilities and engaging aircraft close to their bases [e]
- Operation ROLLING THUNDER [r]: Add brief definition or description
- P-8 Poseidon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rocket science [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Safety and survivability of naval vessels [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Unguided rocket [r]: Add brief definition or description