U.S. Shipping Thousands of Cluster Bombs to Saudis, Despite Global Ban - Foreign Policy

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70. More info on the CBU-105

Really a anti-armor weapon then anti-civilian and the munitions are designed to go off right away if they don't acquire a target.

"First used during the 2003 Iraq war, the CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a cluster type bomb that releases 10 29.6 kg (65 pound) BLU-108 submunitions that in turn ejects 4 smaller hockey puck shaped “skeet” robots that seek out and attack armored vehicles. Each computer controlled and radar equipped skeet is 95mm (3.75 inches) high, 127mm (5 inches) in diameter, and weights 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) and contains laser and heat (infrared) sensors. The CBU-105 can be used to attack formations of tanks, giving most of the submunitions an opportunity to destroy a vehicle.

CBU-105 is a 450 kg (1,000 pound), GPS guided bomb. The 40 skeet submunitions use their sensors to seek out armored vehicles. If a skeet spots one, the guidance system maneuvers the submunition towards the vehicle and fires a shaped charge that generates a self-forging warhead that is basically a bolt of molten metal travelling at high speed. This penetrates the thinner top armor of the vehicle and messes up the insides. This is similar to the Iranian shaped charge IEDs used in Iraq. If the submunition radar does not spot (via its internal computer and library of vehicle types) a tank or other armored vehicle, it attacks any vehicle within a hundred meters or so. If there are no vehicles, the submunition detonates on the ground so that it does not lay around the battlefield causing a hazard to civilians or friendly troops.

http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/20130913.aspx