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Mark 83 bomb

Index Mark 83 bomb

The Mark 83 is part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs in United States service. [1]

20 relations: Composition H6, Cooking off, Drag (physics), Federation of American Scientists, Fuze, GBU-16 Paveway II, General-purpose bomb, Joint Direct Attack Munition, Laser-guided bomb, Mark 81 bomb, Mark 82 bomb, Mark 84 bomb, Minol (explosive), Naval mine, Paveway, Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, Tritonal, United States Navy, Weapon System Safety, 1967 USS Forrestal fire.

Composition H6

Composition H6 is a castable military explosive mixture composed of the following percentages by weight.

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Cooking off

Cooking off (or thermally induced firing) is ammunition exploding prematurely due to heat in the surrounding environment.

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Drag (physics)

In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.

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Federation of American Scientists

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a 501(c)(3) organization with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure.

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Fuze

In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates function.

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GBU-16 Paveway II

The GBU-16 Paveway II is an American Paveway-series laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 83 general-purpose bomb, but with laser seeker and wings for guidance.

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General-purpose bomb

A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage, penetration, and fragmentation in explosive effect.

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Joint Direct Attack Munition

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions.

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Laser-guided bomb

A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb.

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Mark 81 bomb

The Mark 81 (Mk 81) 250 lb (113 kg) general purpose bomb (nicknamed "Firecracker") is the smallest of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs.

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Mark 82 bomb

The Mark 82 (Mk 82) is an unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series.

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Mark 84 bomb

The Mark 84 or BLU-117 is an American general-purpose bomb.

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Minol (explosive)

Minol (pronounced mine-ol) is a military explosive developed by the British Admiralty early in the Second World War to augment supplies of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and RDX, which were then in short supply.

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Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

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Paveway

Paveway is a series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs).

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Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

No description.

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Tritonal

Tritonal is a mixture of 80% TNT and 20% aluminium powder, used in several types of ordnance such as air-dropped bombs.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Weapon System Safety

The United States Navy formed the Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) in 1968 as a result of the tragic fire on the USS ''Forrestal'' (CV-59).

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1967 USS Forrestal fire

On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS ''Forrestal''.

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BLU-110, MK83 bomb, Mark 83, Mk 83, Mk.83 bomb, Mk83.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_83_bomb

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