:BAP 100
The BAP 100 (French:Bombe Anti-Piste 100 mm, Anti-Runway Bomb) is a French anti-runway cluster bomb developed in the mid-1970s, and which entered service with the French Air Force in the early 1980s. The bomb consists of eighteen submunitions, arranged in a cluster. Accelerated by an internal propulsion system, the munitions are designed to ensure total runway destruction in a single pass by aircraft.{{cite book | title=African Defence Journal | publisher=The Journal | issue=nos. 113-124 | year=1990 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivYxAQAAIAAJ | access-date=2018-03-15 }}
The parachute of the BAP 100 is designed to withstand a maximum speed of 450 kts.
Forty of the munitions were used by the French Air Force during the Ouadi Doum airstrike in 1986.
See also
- JP233 - A British anti-runway weapon
- Matra Durandal - A larger French anti-runway weapon adopted by the French Air Force
- DRDO SAAW - An Indian anti-runway weapon developed by the DRDO
References
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External links
- [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions Air Munitions page on GlobalSecurity]
- [http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Air-Launched-Weapons/BAP-100-Airfield-Attack-Bomb-France.html Brief history at Jane's]
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