BLU-107 Durandal Anti-Runway Weapon

[ShadowVip3r]

I transported a static Blu-107 Durandal last week for an aircraft display. Cool looking bomb. Of course the one I had had cut-away windows so you could see the contents. I would love to see one actually explode.

[flamedrag18]

well, these were phased out after bunker busters were developed, since you can basically do the same or much more with a more flexible weapon system.

[bingofioul]

@flamedrag18 it's a 1977 weapon, almost 23000 were produced, 8000 for USAF, is was used intensivly during Gulf WAR 1991, of course you can do the same damage with another weapon, but not for 30000US $...

[bestamerica]

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loook at this video on 022,,,

it is a gray monster face

[DrDigital1974]

Hmm, that looked like a episode from Firepower on the Discovery Channel circa 1991.

[kappapisigma1]

@DrDigital1974 video is from "war in the gulf: air assault" (1991)

[Cnupoc]

the bomb is a copy of the russian РБК-250 and 500 kg.

[Hairysteed]

RKB-250 and 500 are cluster bombs.

Durandal's Russian counterpart is the BetAB family of bombs

[Cnupoc]

ye, BetAB :D dunno why i said RBK @_@

[bingofioul]

@Cnupoc why should russian people always claim about nato country copying there stuff ???

[Cnupoc]

@bingofioul Russian engineers always claim that their stuff has no analogy in the world :D

No, seriously, i just said it's a copy because i am familiar with the BetAB bombs not the NATO counterparts.

[bingofioul]

@Cnupoc :o) ok i'll admit we copied this bomb if you admit that you copied the concorde... just kiding, i don't give a fuck about who copied...the only thing we (russian, european and US) should worry about is china copying our stuff (SU27, T-50 etc...)

[oiseautempete]

@Cnupoc

Nope, French never copy russian junk (and the Exocet was what for a soviet copy?= ridiculous), but YOU copy some French technology, like the French/British Concorde: the French secret service arrest some russian spys, 80% from the concorde plans was stolen, but the 20% rest was WERY important, so the Tupolev fail...

[Cnupoc]

@oiseautempete O_o i never said anything about the french copying of a plane.... and tbh wtf is your problem :D

[jonesy97]

A real piece of shit to load. We hated them.