880418-N-ZZ999-006 PERSIAN GULF (April 18, 1988) A CBU-59 cluster munition splits open to release its bomblets after being dropped from an A-6E Intruder aircraft during an attack on an Iranian target. The attack was part of Operation Praying Mantis, which was launched after the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988. ( Navy photo/Released) A-6E of VA-85 drops CBU-59 cluster bomb on Iranian target 1988

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