PDU-5B dispenser unit on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The PDU-5/B is an aircraft-deployed leaflet dispersal unit. It is derived from the CBU-100 "Rockeye" Cluster Bomb, developed by the
Designationsystems.net
Lackland Tailspinner - Article mentioning PDU-5/B; Page 9 of 22
Many variants of leaflet bombs; Pages 5-12 of 20
{{USAF-stub Aerial bombs of the United States Military equipment introduced in the 1990s
The PDU-5/B is an aircraft-deployed leaflet dispersal unit. It is derived from the CBU-100 "Rockeye" Cluster Bomb, developed by the U.S. Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
around 1999. It was used successfully in Afghanistan and Iraq to distribute leaflets. In 2015, it was used again to drop 60,000 leaflets near Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) (Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syria on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Rom ...
.
References
External links
Designationsystems.net
Lackland Tailspinner - Article mentioning PDU-5/B; Page 9 of 22
Many variants of leaflet bombs; Pages 5-12 of 20
{{USAF-stub Aerial bombs of the United States Military equipment introduced in the 1990s