BLU-108

The BLU-108 is an air-delivered submunition, containing four further smart "Skeet" warheads. The system is manufactured by Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems since 1992. The BLU-108 is released from a munitions dispenser, with a parachute being used to slow its descent. It then fires the four rapidly rotating skeets, which use multi-mode optical sensors to identify a variety of targets ranging from tanks and missile launchers to railway locomotives and stationary aircraft. When the skeet passes over what it considers a high priority target (this priority can be changed prior to employment), it fires a 0.9 kg (2 lb) explosively formed penetrator providing armor-piercing and incendiary effects, as well as a fragmentation ring meant to damage any soft targets, primarily enemy personnel, in the immediate vicinity of the target.

BLU-108/B specifications

• Length: 78.8 cm (31.0 in)
• Diameter: 13.3 cm (5.25 in)
• Maximum lateral dimension: 18.4 cm (7.25 in)
• Weight: 29.5 kg (65 lb)

Skeet specifications

• Height: 9.5 cm (3.75 in)
• Diameter: 12.7 cm (5.0 in)
• Weight: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb)
• Seeker: Dual-mode active (laser) and passive (infrared) sensors
• Explosive: 945 g (2.08 lb) Octol
• Kill mechanism: Explosively formed penetrator and fragmentation

Weapon systems

• AGM-154B Joint Standoff Weapon
• CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
• U-ADD (Universal aerial delivery dispenser)

External links

• BLU-108 - Textron Defense Systems
• BLU-108/B Submunition - Global Security