I have only seen fotages of carpet bombardments, but wonder approximately how many bombs can a B-52 carry?
2006-10-05 23:18:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The B-52H can deliver a wide variety of U.S. conventional and nuclear munitions. They carry 45 to 51 five-hundred-pound "dumb bombs" and varying numbers of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs), Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOWs), Cluster Bomb Units (CBUs), and naval mines. Because the airplane is pretty smart, the dumb bombs can be dropped fairly close to friendly troops — within a few hundred yards. The B-52s also carry and fire Air Launched Cruise Missiles.
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2006-10-05 23:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by lizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The payload of a b-52 is something like 76,000 pounds, so take the size of the bomb and do the math, although that is not always the best method, as size becomes a factor. The b-52, carrying smaller bombs such as the Mk82 500 pound iron bomb, can load over 100.
2006-10-06 00:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The B-52D carried the most it was the last to not have a rotary bomb bay which limits the number of bombs carried but allows for cruise missiles and the like to be carried. the bomb load was 84-500 pounders internally. 42 -750 pounders internally and 24 750 pounders on wing pylons. the newer B-52's carry more weight but carry fewer bombs. IE; fewer but heavier bombs.
2006-10-06 06:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B 52 Bomber Payload
2016-12-10 16:25:44 · answer #4 · answered by carcieri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the bomb weight
examples
MK-82 500 lb -----more than 80
MK-83 1000 lb-----more than 40
MK-84 2000 lb -----16
2006-10-06 03:16:35 · answer #5 · answered by Peiper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what size bomb
they can only carry a couple of daisy cutters
2006-10-06 00:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hey friend...
i just referred one site..from which i came to know that it can handle up to 60,000 lb (27,200 kg) bombs, missiles, and mines, in various configurations...
chk out the site given in source about this B-52 in detail
2006-10-05 23:37:25 · answer #7 · answered by Arun kumar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always just enough to make some camel jockey have a really bad day...
2006-10-06 01:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-52.htm
2006-10-05 23:26:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what type of bomb it is carrying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-52_hist.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/b-52.htm
2006-10-06 01:25:14 · answer #10 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋