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+ | A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron with eight PDU-5/B leaflet bombs under the left wing. | ||
+ | (US Air Force photo/Christopher Okula) | ||
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+ | The US Air Force has successfully completed two tests of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber in leaflet-drop operations, moving [[https://storify.com/dirgoworo/jasa-paranormal-singapura-pelet-mahar-setelah-berh|pelet berhasil baru bayar]] closer to including one of the service's biggest bombers in psychological operations. | ||
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+ | Personnel from the 419th Flight Test Squadron performed two sorties with the B-52, dropping eight PDU-5/B leaflet bombs over [[http://www.examandinterviewtips.com/search?q=test%20ranges|test ranges]] in California. | ||
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+ | "We are primarily looking to see safe separation from the external Heavy Stores Adapter Beam" — an external pylon that can carry up to a 2,000-pound payload — said Kevin Thorn, the squadron's B-52 air-vehicle manager, according | ||
+ | to an Air Force release. | ||
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+ | "We are ensuring that the bombs do not contact the aircraft, and/or each other, creating an unsafe condition," Thorn added. "Additionally we are tracking the reliability of the bomb functioning." | ||
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+ | The PDU-5/B is a variant of the CBU, or Cluster Bomb Unit. The Air Force's Information Warfare Battlelab repurposed | ||
+ | Rockeye cluster munitions to pack them with leaflets. The weapon's designation is based on its contents, the Air Force said | ||
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+ | A frame from a video shows the PDU-5/B leaflet bomb activating and dispersing leaflets. | ||
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+ | The current model of the PDU-5/B can carry about 60,000 leaflets and costs less than $500 each. When released from the aircraft, a fuse detonates the bomb at a certain time to release the leaflets. | ||
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+ | According to The Aviationist, which first spotted the news, PDU-5/Bs were used to drop | ||
+ | leaflets over ISIS militants in Syria in 2015. Previously, they were used | ||
+ | in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq — in the latter, they were dropped over Baghdad before actual bombing started. | ||
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+ | The PDU-5/B can be dropped from helicopters and other aircraft | ||
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+ | A B-52 drops a load of bombs in Afghanistan. | ||
+ | U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Ralph Hallmon/AP | ||
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+ | US F-15E Strike Eagles deployed them over Syria in 2015, and Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft dropped them over Afghanistan's southern Helmand province in 2012. | ||
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+ | "The PDU-5/B is just another tool that the B-52 uses in its vast and reliable tool box," said | ||
+ | Earl Johnson, B-52 PDU-5/B project manager. | ||
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+ | "Without the capability to carry PDU-5s on the B-52 aircraft, the impending shortfall on leaflet dispersal capability will jeopardize Air Force Central Command information operations." | ||
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+ | Business Insider asked Air Force Materials Command about the reason for that looming shortfall and why the B-52 specifically was being considered for this new role but did not receive a response by the time of publication. | ||
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+ | Johnson said this round of testing was finished, but the B-52 will undergo further trials | ||
+ | using its internal weapons bays to deploy the PDU-5/B. |