On 3 March 2002, a single 2,000 lb (910 kg) laser guided thermobaric bomb was used by the United States Air Force against cave complexes in which Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters had taken refuge in the Gardez region of Afghanistan.

This is the American 2000lb BLU-96, a Thermobaric Fuel-Air-Explosive Blast (FAE-Blast) aircraft-bomb with the smaller 500lb version designated the BLU-95. The Surface-Launched-Unit Fuel …

2011年7月7日 · Fuel/Air Explosive [FAE II] is an antimaterial/antimine weapon. The Naval Weapons Center at China Lake developed the 500-pound (BLU-95) and 2,000-pound (BLU-96) FAE IIs during the...

One known example in operational service is the US Bomb Live Unit (BLU) 82 “Daisy Cutter” which consists of a 15,000 lb bomb filled with an aqueous mixture of ammonium nitrate, aluminium powder and polystyrene soap. It should also be noted that FAE are now beginning to be grouped with EBM by some sources.

China Lake also developed and applied the technology of Fuel-Air Explosive (FAE) Weapons, from grenades to 2,000-pound FAE II bombs (BLU-96/B). FAE I (CBU-55/72) was deployed in 1970, and further developments have included surface-launched mine-clearing systems (SLU-FAE and CATFAE)

The BLU-95/B and BLU-96/B FAE (Fuel/Air Explosive) bombs were developed by the U.S. Navy's NWC (Naval Weapons Center) at China Lake as second-generation air-delivered FAE ("FAE II") bombs. The BLU-95/B was a 225 kg (500 lb) class weapon, while the BLU-96/B was in …

2011年7月7日 · BLU-96 Fuel/Air Explosive (FAE) FAE II is an antimaterial/antimine weapon. China Lake Naval Weapons Center developed 500- (BLU-95) and 2,000-pound (BLU-96) FAE IIs during the 1970s and...

The Naval Weapons Center (NAVWPNCEN), China Lake, California, was designated as the developing activity for the BLU-96/B Fuel Air Explosive (FAE) II weapon system. Reference I tasked NAVAIRTESTCEN to evaluate the compatibility of the BLU-96/B FAE II weapon with the A-4, A-6, and A-7 airplanes.

The BLU-109/B is a hardened bunker buster penetration bomb used by the United States Air Force (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit). As with other "bunker busters", it is intended to penetrate concrete shelters and other hardened structures before exploding.

Fuel-Air Explosives or FAE disperse an aerosol cloud of fuel which is ignited by an embedded detonator to produce an explosion. The rapidly expanding wave fr...