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.

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