The High Speed Low Drag (HSLD) bomb is a family of new generation short range air-dropped precision-guided munition that is currently being developed...

general-purpose 250-pound (110 kg) bomb (nicknamed "Firecracker"). It's the smallest of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs. Developed for United...

with a conical low-drag tail for medium and high altitude deliveries or a high-drag tail fin for low-altitude drops, delaying the bombs hitting their targets...

Organisation (DRDO) has developed the High Speed Low Drag Bomb or HSLD series of general-purpose bombs. Size variations of these bombs are 100 kg (220 lb), 250 kg...

be), a 450 kg high-speed, low-drag (HSLD) bomb and practice bombs (which mimic different projectiles with the addition of suitable drag plates) and escape...

superseding the Mark 80 or BLU (Bomb, Live Unit) nomenclature of the bomb to which it is attached. The High Speed Low Drag Bomb is a series precision-guided...

ring on the nose of the bomb to act as a vortex generator to aid the bomb's stabilizers. FAB-500 M-62 (ФАБ-500 М-62) – low-drag 1962 model designed for...

the bomb. The drag depends on the angle of attack of the bomb at any given instant. If the bomb is released at low altitudes and speeds the bomb will...

Barrel Rocket Launcher Hand Grenade High Speed Low Drag Bomb FSAPDS Shivalik Multi Mode Hand Grenade (MMHG) 155 mm High Explosive Extended Range Full Bore...

stands for "aerial bomb" (авиационная бомба) FAB (ФАБ) - high explosive OFAB (ОФАБ) - high-explosive fragmentation OFZAB (ОФЗАБ) - high-explosive fragmentation...

(e.g., an aluminium alloy). However, the low sectional density of the APCR resulted in high aerodynamic drag. Tungsten compounds such as tungsten carbide...

those of subsonic flight (i.e., flight at speeds slower than that of sound). In particular, aerodynamic drag rises sharply as the aircraft passes the transonic...

for high-altitude performance. Higher aerodynamic drag at low level limited the B-70 to subsonic speed while dramatically decreasing its range. The result...

range, the distance the bombs will move forward after they are dropped from the aircraft. When dropped at relatively low speeds, as in the case of World...

calculation of the trajectory of the bomb after it leaves the aircraft. Due to the effects of air drag, wind and gravity, bombs follow a complex path that changes...

increase in aerodynamic drag and other undesirable effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches the speed of sound. When aircraft...

delaying the shock waves and accompanying aerodynamic drag rise caused by fluid compressibility near the speed of sound, improving performance. Swept wings are...

aspect ratio of 8. The engine nacelles were streamlined to reduce drag and increase speed as the engine radiators were mounted in the wing center section...

States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC). To achieve the high speeds desired, Convair chose a delta wing design used by contemporary interceptors...

wing. The highly swept wings gave little drag at transonic speeds, but resulted in very high landing speeds and a long take-off run. This limited the...

both of which serve to smooth the ride. For high-speed, low-level flight (such as a fast low-level bombing run in an attack aircraft), a small, thin, highly...

a low aspect ratio aircraft with low takeoff and landing speeds but high top speed. The aircraft was designed to keep the low stall speed and high angle...

allowed higher speeds which made "toss bombing" possible, a reverse dive bombing method where an aircraft snaps up from low altitude as a bomb is released...

V-1 flying bomb. Pulsejet engines are a lightweight form of jet propulsion, but usually have a poor compression ratio, and hence give a low specific impulse...

motions; wing and tail loads, lift, drag and buffeting characteristics of swept-wing aircraft at transonic and supersonic speeds; and the effects of the rocket...

with control surfaces relocated to low-drag tail surfaces and a more powerful propulsion system for greater speed and double the range of its predecessor...

proportional to the negative acceleration: a high number indicates a low negative acceleration—the drag on the body is small in proportion to its mass...

000 lb (4,500 kg) bomb to a target 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) from a base which may be anywhere in the world". A cruising speed of 500 knots...

and the yield of the bomb. As a general rule, the blast fraction is higher for low yield weapons. Furthermore, it decreases at high altitudes because there...

general-purpose bomb 500 kg Mk.83 bomb 1000 kg Mk.84 bomb Mk.80 series general-purpose bomb tail units (low drag or high drag speed-retarding devices) HAFR-1...