A concrete bomb is an
aerial bomb
An aerial bomb is a type of explosive or incendiary weapon intended to travel through the air on a predictable trajectory. Engineers usually develop such bombs to be dropped from an aircraft.
The use of aerial bombs is termed aerial bombing.
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containing dense,
inert
Inert may refer to:
* Chemically inert, not chemically reactive
** Inert gas
** Noble gas, historically called inert gas
* Inert knowledge, information which one can express but not use
* Inert waste, waste which is neither chemically nor biol ...
material (typically
concrete) instead of explosive. The target is destroyed using the
kinetic energy of the falling bomb. Such weapons can only practically be deployed when configured as a
laser-guided bomb or other form of
smart bomb, as a direct hit on a small target is required to cause significant damage. They are typically used to destroy
military vehicle
A military vehicle is any vehicle for land-based military transport and activity, including combat vehicles; both specifically designed for, or significantly used by military and armed forces. Most military vehicles require off-road capabiliti ...
s and
artillery pieces in urban areas to minimise
collateral damage and
civilian casualties.
Guided or unguided concrete bombs may also be used for training
pilots and ground personnel, due to the advantages of cost (no explosives or fusing), ease of precise and accurate
point of impact determination, minimised
bombing range damage, and increased safety (when the bomb is deployed, it is inert). Concrete bombs are also used in testing and evaluation of
aircraft and bombs, such as the BDU-50.
Concrete bombs have been utilised by the United States during the
Iraqi no-fly zones conflict, and by France during the
2011 military intervention in Libya
On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya, to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, in response to events during the First Libyan Civil War. With ten votes in favour and five ...
.
See also
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Kinetic bombardment
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Lazy Dog (bomb)
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Roof knocking
Roof knocking ( he, הקש בגג) or "knocks on the roof" is a term used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to describe its practice of dropping non-explosive or low-yield devices on the roofs of targeted civilian homes in the Palestinian territ ...
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Aerial bombs