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Add CBU-105 Loadouts to Saudi F-15SA 4884 2780 #256

Closed bostonmyk closed 2 years ago

bostonmyk commented 2 years ago

DB Selector

DB3K

User(s)

4884,2780

Weapons Carried

Same as CB-103 loadout

Requires Buddy Illumination

No

Default Combat Radius (nm)

No response

Weather Restrictions

All-Weather

Time-of-Day Restrictions

Day & Night

Capable of Quick Turnaround

No

Comments

Saudi's used CBU-105 in Yemen in 2015. It looks like a CBU/87 loadout was added but was likely meant to be CBU-105. First text picture of the F-15SA carrying 10. Sipri says the weapons were procured in 2014-2015.The two videos are definitely CBU-105, as you can see the parachute deployed munitions and casings. CBU-103's don't have parachutes but dump like normal cluster bombs. Update #4884, #2780 load-outs.

Sources

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/saudi-arabia-f-15sa-aircraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThUB1R6Tpkw https://www.rt.com/news/255233-saudi-yemen-cluster-bombs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBU-97_Sensor_Fuzed_Weapon https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 2 years ago

Agree the CBU/87 was probably a mistake or an erroneous copy-over. I've modified those loadouts to represent the CBU-105, killing two birds with one stone for 495.