Mark 83 bomb
Template:Infobox weapon The Mark 83 is a Template:Convert bomb, part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs in United States service.
Development and deployment
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The nominal weight of the bomb is Template:Convert, although its actual weight varies between Template:Convert and Template:Convert, depending on fuze options,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and fin configuration.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Mk 83 is a streamlined steel casing containing Template:Convert of tritonal high explosive. When filled with PBXN-109 thermally insensitive explosive, the bomb is designated BLU-110.
The Mk 83/BLU-110 is used as the warhead for a variety of precision-guided weapons, including the GBU-16 Paveway laser-guided bombs, the GBU-32 JDAM and Quickstrike sea mines.
The Mk 83 is also used as the warhead in a variety of Pakistani smart bombs made by GIDS. During Operation Swift Retort in 2019, 2 JF-17 Thunders of the No. 16 Squadron "Black Panthers" armed with newly developed Mk. 83 Range Extension Kit (REK) bombs struck military targets in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="kaiser">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="tufail">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
This bomb is most typically used by the United States Navy but is also used by the USAF in the F-22A in a JDAM configuration. According to a test report conducted by the United States Navy's Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, the cooking-off time for a Mk 83 is approximately 8 minutes 40 seconds.
See also
- Mark 81 bomb
- Mark 82 bomb
- Mark 84 bomb
- FAB-500 – Soviet counterpart