Air Force eyes low-damage SDB; thermobaric by summer
The U.S. Air Force is working on a composite, graphite version of the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment I that offers "very low" collateral damage, according to Air Force Col. Richard Justice. "By eliminating steel out of the cage, we're eliminating almost all of the [fragments]," Justice told the...
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