Hi Folks.
In a list in Jane's Weapon Systems of 1982 there is a modular bomb of French origin. But this is all I know about. It is said, that it divides in three independant bombs when droped. That's all I could find out. No pictures, no further information. Does anybody know more about this bomb?
These are the variants of Taurus that i am aware of:
Taurus KEPD 350: Standard version in service with Germany Spain and South Korea
Taurus KEPD 150/Taurus L: A lighter variant of the in-service kinetic penetrator Taurus intended for Sweden to arm the Gripen.
Taurus KEPD 150 SLM: Ship launched...
clustermunitions
cold war ii
cruise missile
early 21st century
federal republic of germany
kingdom of sweden
late 20th century
mbda
post-cold war
saab
saab bofors dynamics
taurus
taurus systems gmbh
WWII German SD2 'Butterfly Bomb":
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?199728-SD2-quot-butterfly-bomb-quot
http://www.rafbdhistory.co.uk/new_page_6.htm
A nasty piece of work (and it wasn't always the enemy on the receiving end!).
From the second link:
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