BLU-109 bomb

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air-dropped bomb conventional munition penetrator bomb

The BLU-109 bomb is a U.S.-designed hardened-penetrator warhead used to destroy reinforced or deeply buried targets, often integrated into precision-guided munition systems.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
BLU-109 bomb canonical 1
BLU-109/B 1
BLU-118 thermobaric variant 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air-dropped bomb ⓘ
conventional munition ⓘ
penetrator bomb ⓘ
bodyMaterial thick steel casing ⓘ
category bunker buster ⓘ
compatibleWith AGM-130 ⓘ
AGM-142 Popeye variants ⓘ
GBU-10 Paveway II ⓘ
GBU-24 Paveway III ⓘ
GBU-27 Paveway III ⓘ
BLU-109 bomb self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GBU-28 bunker buster

GBU-32 JDAM ⓘ
surface form: GBU-31 JDAM
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
designedTo penetrate before detonation ⓘ
designedToWithstand high impact forces ⓘ
diameter approximately 370 mm ⓘ
explosiveFiller PBXN-109 ⓘ
Tritonal ⓘ
explosiveFillerMass approximately 240 kg ⓘ
fuzing delay fuze ⓘ
guidanceProvidedBy external guidance kits ⓘ
introducedInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
launchPlatform bomber aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
length approximately 2.4 m ⓘ
natoDesignation BLU-109 bomb self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BLU-109/B
penetrationCapability over 1.8 m of reinforced concrete under ideal conditions ⓘ
replacedOrSupplementedBy BLU-116 ⓘ
BLU-109 bomb self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BLU-118 thermobaric variant
role hard-target kill weapon ⓘ
totalMass approximately 874 kg ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
multiple NATO air forces ⓘ
usedFor destroying deeply buried targets ⓘ
destroying hardened targets ⓘ
destroying reinforced concrete structures ⓘ
usedIn guided bomb units ⓘ
precision-guided munitions ⓘ
usedInConflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: Afghanistan War

Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
warheadType hardened penetrator warhead ⓘ
warheadWeightClass 2000-pound class ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paveway series guided bombs → compatibleWith → BLU-109 bomb ⓘ
Mk 84 bomb → usedAsWarheadFor → BLU-109 bomb ⓘ
this entity surface form: GBU-15
BLU-109 bomb → compatibleWith → BLU-109 bomb self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: BLU-109
this entity surface form: GBU-28 bunker buster
BLU-109 bomb → replacedOrSupplementedBy → BLU-109 bomb self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: BLU-109
this entity surface form: BLU-118 thermobaric variant
BLU-109 bomb → natoDesignation → BLU-109 bomb self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: BLU-109
this entity surface form: BLU-109/B