CBU-59 cluster bomb splitting open to release bomblets

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CBU-59 cluster bomb splitting open to release its bomblets after being dropped from an A-6E Intruder aircraft during an attack on an Iranian target. The attack is in retaliation for the mining of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58). Photographed on the 18th April 1988.

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Photo credit: © US AIR FORCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, -6e, 18th, 1900s, 1988, 20th, aircraft, april, black, bomblets, bombs, century, ffg-58, historical, history, intruder, mantis, monochrome, operation, praying, splitting, technological, technology, weapon, white