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Falklandin sodassa Britit kuulemma käytti MW1stä kerran, ja se riitti valkoisten lippujen esiin kaivamiseen. http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_02.html
PS. Su-29 oli karvaamassa rajalla.
Pitäisin kuitenkin melko epätodennäköisenä, että Falklandille olisi isketty saksalaisella Tornadolla, MW1 oli nimittäin käytössä ainoastaan sakemanneilla. Kirjallisuudessa on ollut esillä Vulcan-pommittajilla suoritetut yksittäiset ja käytännössä tehottomat hyökkäykset Falklandille rautapommein ja Shrike-ohjuksin. Tornado kasettipommeineen, joka briteillä muuten oli JP.233 ei ollut kuvioissa mukana.
The British Hunting Engineering / Royal Ordnance Factory "BL-755" cluster bomb is 2.4 meters (7 feet 9 inches) long, 42 centimeters (16.5 inches) in diameter, and carries 147 fragmentation bomblets. Like the Belouga, it is optimized for low-level, high-speed strike. The initial BL-755 was introduced in 1972, and was followed by the current "Improved BL-755" in 1987.
The BL-755 is also not a clamshell canister. Its two side panels pop off, with the bomblets ejected by expanding gas bladders. The bomblets are 15 centimeters long (5.9 inches), about 5 centimeters (2 inches) in diameter, and combine an antiarmor hollow charge with a case containing a segmented metal coil for antipersonnel effect.
On deployment, the submunitions extend a small standoff probe detonator and pop out a retarding parachute. The initial version of the BL-755 used submunitions with a popout metal "crown" for stabilization.
One BL-755 was dropped on Argentine troops in the Falklands, and quickly persuaded the survivors to put up the white flag. The BL-755 series has been popular in international sales, since it is both effective and relatively cheap
Two 6.5 meter (21 foot 6 inch) long JP.233s can be fixed to the bottom of a Tornado. Each of the two dispensers consists of two sections, with the rear section carrying 30 "SG-357" runway cratering submunitions and the front section carrying 215 "HB-876" antipersonnel mines. Both submunitions are parachute-retarded
. The SG-357 weighs 26 kilograms (75 pounds) and is a "two-stage" munition, something of a British specialty, with a hollow charge in the front to blast a hole in a runway, and a cratering charge that falls into the hole and then explodes.
The HB-876 munitions can detonate at random intervals, and c
an also punch an explosively-formed slug through a bulldozer or other vehicle that disturbs them. The HB-876 is a 2.5 kilogram (5.5 pound) munition that looks like a beer can, with a dimpled surface to promote fragmentation. The base of the HB-876 is surrounded by little curled spring-metal legs that are released to curl downward and pop the mine into a vertical position.
Two dispersal rates can be selected for the JP.233, one giving a short, broad swath and the other a long, narrow swath. There are no alternative submunition configurations for the JP.233, and so it is a specialized weapon, useful only for attacking airfields or other soft, distributed targets such as railyards or supply depots.
Hunting developed a version of the BL-755 CBU that carries 49 HB.876 minelets as used on the JP.233. This weapon was named the "Hunting Area Denial System (HADES)". http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_02.html
Payload configurations can be defined to fit specific missions. For example, 4,500 KB-44s can be carried by a single MW-1 dispenser to saturate an area covering about
180 x 500 meters (590 x 1,640 feet). The entire payload can be ejected in about 0.6 seconds.