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cluster bomb unit (CBU)
An aircraft store (a thin-walled canister) containing and dispersing submunitions, which can be (anti-personnel or anti-tank) mines, penetration (runway cratering) bomblets, fragmentation bomblets etc.; a burster charge splits open the canister after release to disperse the bomblets over a wide area; some submunitions are fitted with delay or pressure fuzes, to act as mines (called "minelets"); the CBU itself however should not be confused with a fragmentation bomb.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Military
- Category: Peace keeping
- Company: United Nations
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