Dear all,
I might as well put the following extract here:
"The dispenser bomb, SUU-76C/B, is configured as a CBU-100/B that has had the Mk 118 bomblets removed and has a payload sleeve and spacers installed. When the payload sleeve is filled with leaflets and inserted into the dispenser, the All-Up-Round (AUR) is redesignated PDU-5/B." Text taken from this link -
http://www.usna.edu/Training/_files/...20Ordnance.pdf .
The Second World War equivalent used by the RAF appears to have been the Small Bomb Container (SBC). See the following image -
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210211 . The use of the SBC for leaflet operations is mentioned in the following book -
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I-mqBgAAQBAJ .
Of course, none of this technical jargon gets us any closer to understanding how to defeat ISIS
To get us back to that subject, I think it is worth mentioning that the very agressive use of air power, including 'Super Hind' attack helicopters, by the Algerians during the In Amenas hostage crisis in 2013 shows that the air element of counter-terrorism is very useful. Of course, it must be mentioned that there were heavy casualties among the hostages, partly caused by the firepower of the Algerian armed forces.
Regards,
Paul