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Targeted aerial weapon
An aerial bomb is a type of explosive (bomb) or incendiary weapon intended to be dropped from an aircraft and travel through the air on a predictable,
Aerial_bomb
Soviet and Russian bombs for aircraft
Federation developed a range of aerial bombs for use on its aircraft. The name of the bomb consists of the type of bomb (FAB-250M-46), its caliber in kilograms
Soviet and Russian aerial bombs
Soviet_and_Russian_aerial_bombs
Offensive military operation
and air-to-surface missiles, to various types of aerial bombs (both unguided and guided), glide bombs, air-launched cruise missiles, and even directed-energy
Airstrike
500 lb unguided aerial bomb
deployments via A-10 Thunderbolt II, Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range. Mark 81 bomb Mark 83 bomb Mark 84 bomb Paveway IV Armement Air-Sol Modulaire FAB-250
Mark_82_bomb
Russian glide bomb kit
Design Bureau for converting unguided Soviet bombs into precision-guided glide bombs. This kit is an aerial bomb glide range extension kit, similar to the
UMPK_(bomb_kit)
2000 lb unguided aerial bomb
bomb. It is the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons. Entering service during the Vietnam War, it became a commonly used US heavy unguided bomb.
Mark_84_bomb
American large-yield bomb
Blast (MOAB, /ˈmoʊ.æb/, colloquially given as the Mother of All Bombs) is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts
GBU-43/B_MOAB
This is a list of the types of bombs. "How Bunker Busters Work". HowStuffWorks. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2025-02-06. "Army General and Physicist Helped Usher
List_of_bombs
Bombardment of a city from aircraft
The aerial bombing of cities is an optional element of strategic bombing, which became widespread in warfare during World War I. The bombing of cities
Aerial_bombing_of_cities
Aerial bomb without guidance, designed for ballistic delivery
An unguided bomb, also known as a free-fall bomb, gravity bomb, dumb bomb, or iron bomb, is an aircraft-dropped bomb (conventional or nuclear) that does
Unguided_bomb
Most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested
it was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, tested on 30 October 1961 at the Novaya Zemlya site in the country's far north. The bomb yielded the equivalent of
Tsar_Bomba
Explosive weapon that uses exothermic reaction
devices may sometimes refer to them as a "bomb". The military use of the term "bomb", or more specifically aerial bomb action, typically refers to airdropped
Bomb
Cruise missile
Group. The Air Force of Ukraine described it as a "hybrid of a drone, an aerial bomb, and a missile." Banderol means "package, or small parcel." In May 2025
S8000_Banderol
Aerial weapon with flight control surfaces
bomb or stand-off bomb is a standoff weapon with flight control surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding flight path than that of a conventional bomb without
Glide_bomb
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
atomic bomb created by the Manhattan Project during World War II. The name is also often used to describe the specific bomb (L-11) used in the bombing of
Little_Boy
U.S. atomic bomb type used at Nagasaki, 1945
Trinity nuclear test less than a month earlier on 16 July at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in New Mexico. It was built by scientists and engineers
Fat_Man
Airborne warfare throughout World War II
War II did not specifically forbid the aerial bombardment of cities – despite the prior occurrence of such bombing during World War I (1914–1918), the Spanish
Strategic bombing during World War II
Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II
Soviet/Russian demolition bomb
Soviet-made aerial bomb. FAB stands for Fugasnaya Aviatsionnaya Bomba ("high-explosive aerial bomb") and 9000 stands for the weight of the bomb in kilograms
FAB-9000
all aerial bombs used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. The Japanese navy produced a large number of different types of bombs, these
List of Japanese World War II navy bombs
List_of_Japanese_World_War_II_navy_bombs
Aerial bomb containing dense, inert material, using kinetic energy instead of explosives
A concrete bomb is an aerial bomb containing dense, inert material (typically concrete) instead of explosive. The target is destroyed using the kinetic
Concrete_bomb
500 Kg unguided aerial bomb
авиационная бомба, ”high-capacity aerial bomb”) is a Soviet/Russian designation for general purpose high-explosive aerial bombs of the 500-kilogram (1,100 lb)
FAB-500
American precision-guided glide bomb
Diameter Bomb II (SDB-II), is an American air-launched, precision-guided glide bomb. Development was started in 2006 for a 250 pounds (113 kg) class bomb that
GBU-53/B_StormBreaker
Systematic aerial attacks to destroy infrastructure and morale
for peace. Terror bombing is a term used for aerial attacks planned to weaken or break enemy morale. Use of the term to refer to aerial attacks implies
Strategic_bombing
Type of fuse to detonate an aerial bomb
detonate an aerial bomb at or above ground level. The fuse itself is a long probe affixed to the weapon's nose, which detonates the bomb if it touches
Daisy_cutter_(fuse)
American thermonuclear gravity bomb
The B83 nuclear bomb is an unguided variable-yield thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the late 1970s. Designed by Lawrence Livermore
B83_nuclear_bomb
Munition for penetrating hardened or deeply buried targets
designer Barnes Wallis, already famous for inventing the bouncing bomb, designed two bombs that would become the conceptual predecessors of modern bunker
Bunker_buster
Air dropped bomb used for multiple purposes
A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage, penetration, and fragmentation in explosive effect. They
General-purpose_bomb
Area bombardment technique
Britain developed from a fight for air supremacy into the strategic and aerial bombing of London, Liverpool, Coventry and other British cities. At the beginning
Carpet_bombing
WW2 British earthquake bomb
(non-nuclear) aerial bomb used by either side during the war. Medium Capacity (MC) bombs were designed to remedy the shortcomings of General Purpose (GP) bombs, with
Grand_Slam_(bomb)
Aerial bomb designed to detonate some time after impact
A delay-action bomb is an aerial bomb designed to explode some time after impact, with the bomb's fuzes set to delay the explosion for times ranging from
Delay-action_bomb
1982 single by the Gap Band
studio musician John Barnes that imitates the whistling sound of an aerial bomb being dropped. This is first heard once immediately before the first
You_Dropped_a_Bomb_on_Me
Russian thermobaric bomb
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), nicknamed "Father of All Bombs" (FOAB; Russian: "Папа всех бомб", Пвб), is a Russian-designed, bomber-delivered
Father_of_All_Bombs
1985 aerial bombing by police in Philadelphia
The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the aerial bombing of a house, and the destruction of 61 more houses by the subsequent
1985_MOVE_bombing
U.S. airdropped kinetic weapon
The Lazy Dog (sometimes called a Red Dot Bomb or Yellow Dog Bomb) is a type of small, unguided kinetic projectile used by the U.S. Air Force. It measured
Lazy_Dog_(bomb)
American air-dropped incendiary bomb
MK-77 bombs are similar to those of napalm. The official designation of World War II-era napalm bombs was the Mark 47. Use of aerial incendiary bombs against
Mark_77_bomb
Free-fall demolition bomb
The M117 is an air-dropped demolition bomb used by United States military forces. The weapon dates back to the Korean War of the early 1950s. Although
M117_bomb
Explosive weapon concept
The earthquake bomb, or seismic bomb, was a concept that was invented by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis early in World War II and subsequently
Earthquake_bomb
Aerial bomb
The KAB-500Kr (Guided aerial bomb - 500 kg) is an electro-optical TV-guided fire and forget bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force in the 1980s. It remains
KAB-500KR
100 lb) unexploded bomb. October 2021: 2,000 people evacuated in Munich after the discovery of a 75-kilogram (165 lb) unexploded aerial bomb. December 2021:
World War II bomb disposal in Europe
World_War_II_bomb_disposal_in_Europe
Nuclear bomb
The B28, originally Mark 28, was a thermonuclear bomb carried by U.S. tactical fighter bombers, attack aircraft and bomber aircraft. From 1962 to 1972
B28_nuclear_bomb
Free-fall penetration bomb (guided when equipped as JDAM or Paveway)
is a hardened bunker buster penetration bomb used by the United States Air Force (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit). As with other "bunker busters"
BLU-109_bomb
Conventional high-explosive bomb
Pumpkin bombs were large conventional aerial bombs developed by the Manhattan Project and used by the United States Army Air Forces against Japan during
Pumpkin_bomb
Attack by military aircraft during the Spanish Civil War
26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica (Gernika in Basque) was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out at the behest of Francisco
Bombing_of_Guernica
Nuclear weapon (development abandoned)
Man" was the code name for a proposed plutonium-fueled gun-type nuclear bomb that the United States partially developed during the Manhattan Project.
Thin_Man_(nuclear_bomb)
American high-yield thermonuclear weapon
Strategic Air Command in the early 1960s. It was the most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States, with a maximum yield of 25 megatons
B41_nuclear_bomb
Gulf War bombing of a civilian shelter in Iraq
An aerial bombing attack killed at least 408 civilians on 13 February 1991 during the Gulf War, when an air-raid shelter ("Public Shelter No. 25") in the
Amiriyah_shelter_bombing
Experimental WWII U.S. incendiary weapon
Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments
Bat_bomb
American high-yield nuclear gravity bomb
powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in 1976. The B53 was the basis of the W-53 warhead carried
B53_nuclear_bomb
Low-drag general-purpose bomb
000-pound (450 kg) bomb, part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs in United States service. The nominal weight of the bomb is 1,000 pounds
Mark_83_bomb
Low-drag general-purpose bomb
The Mark 65 one thousand-pound (450 kg) general-purpose bomb was developed for the U.S. military in 1939. The designation was AN-M65. The M65 design was
Mark_65_bomb
WW2 Soviet large general-purpose bomb
high explosive demolition bomb used by the Soviet Air Forces during World War II. The device was the most powerful aerial bomb in the wartime Soviet inventory
FAB-5000
Explosive device
A barrel bomb is an improvised unguided bomb, sometimes described as a flying IED (improvised explosive device). They are typically made from a large
Barrel_bomb
Soviet/Russian laser-guided bomb
The KAB-500L is a laser-guided bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force, entering service in 1975. It remains in service with the CIS and post-Soviet Russian
KAB-500L
Glide bomb
precision-guided bomb kit Extended Range Attack Munition – American aerial stand-off munition List of guided bombs Bombe Guidée Laser – French Laser guided bomb HGK
Armement_Air-Sol_Modulaire
Explosive weapons designed to damage or destroy runways
Anti-runway penetration bombs are explosive weapons involving bombs or bomblets designed to damage or destroy runways, or otherwise render them unusable
Anti-runway_penetration_bomb
General purpose high-explosive bomb
anti-submarine bomb. Type 59B electric aerial burst fuze. Could be set to detonate 12, 41 or 58 seconds after release. Type 79 electric aerial burst fuze
SC250_bomb
Aerial bombing aimed at targets of immediate value
Tactical bombing is aerial bombing aimed at targets of immediate military value, such as combatants, military installations, or military equipment. This
Tactical_bombing
Bombing technique
Firebombing is an aerial bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices
Firebombing
1945 attacks in Japan during WWII
two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during the final days of World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
Unused American WWII atom bomb
The Third Shot was a plutonium-239-based implosion bomb of the "Fat Man" design, similar to the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki. Lieutenant General Leslie
Third_Shot
First laser-guided aerial bomb
BOLT-117 (BOmb, Laser Terminal-117), retrospectively redesignated as the GBU-1/B (Guided Bomb Unit) was the world's first laser-guided bomb (LGB). It
BOLT-117
Italian pilot (1882–1939)
who fought in the Italo-Turkish War where he dropped the world's first aerial bomb from his Taube monoplane over the Ain Zara oasis in Libya. On 1 November
Giulio_Gavotti
250 Kg unguided aerial bomb
Mark 82 bomb - American counterpart Soviet and Russian aerial bombs "FAB-250 General purpose Bomb". www.globalsecurity.org. "Russian Aviation Bombs". www
FAB-250
Type of earthquake bomb
Tallboy or Bomb, Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal
Tallboy_(bomb)
1942–1944 aerial raids by Japan on Calcutta
The Bombing of Calcutta were a series of aerial raids carried out by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force on Calcutta, the former capital of British India
Bombing_of_Calcutta
unguided aerial bombs were filmed falling in a residential area in Chernihiv. Analysis by Amnesty International found that (at least) eight bombs fell. Two
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Russian_attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
Soviet/Russian aerial bomb
is a small bomb that can be carried on the Sukhoi Su-17, Sukhoi Su-25, MiG-29, Su-27, Sukhoi Su-30 and various other aircraft. This bomb is designed
OFAB-100-120
Family of Russian guided bombs
TV-guided bomb KAB-500L laser-guided bomb KAB-500OD EO correlation TV seeker KAB-500S-E satellite-guided bomb KABs "KAB-500 (1500) family - Russian Bombs". v
KAB-500
Israeli precision-guided bomb kit
EO/GPS- guidance kit used for converting air-droppable unguided bombs into precision-guided bombs. The featured guidance system is a derivative of the respective
Spice_(bomb)
Air raids by the US Army Air Forces in the Pacific War
Meetinghouse, constitute the single deadliest and most destructive aerial bombing raid in human history. Sixteen square miles (41 km2; 10,000 acres) of
Bombing_of_Tokyo
The bombing of Warsaw in World War II began with the German Luftwaffe's campaign of aerial bombardment of Warsaw during the siege of Warsaw, following
Bombing of Warsaw in World War II
Bombing_of_Warsaw_in_World_War_II
Bombing technique
Toss bombing (sometimes known as loft bombing, and by the U.S. Air Force as the Low Altitude Bombing System, or LABS) is a method of bombing where the
Toss_bombing
US seismic bomb deployed from 1948 to 1958
Cloudmaker) was a 44,000 lb (20 t) tritonal-filled, nose-hardened earthquake bomb developed by the United States from 1944 to 1948 and deployed between 1949
T-12_Cloudmaker
Thermonuclear warhead
The Mark 39 nuclear bomb and W39 nuclear warhead were versions of an American thermonuclear weapon, which were in service from 1957 to 1966. The Mark 39
Mark_39_nuclear_bomb
Bomb that bounces across a water surface
A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets, and to allow both
Bouncing_bomb
Demolition bomb, free-fall general-purpose bomb
The M118 is an air-dropped general-purpose or demolition bomb used by United States military forces. It dates back to the time of the Korean War of the
Mark_118_bomb
U.S. and U.K. bombardment of Iraq in December 1998
The 1998 bombing of Iraq (code-named Operation Desert Fox) was a major bombing campaign against Iraqi targets, from 16 to 19 December 1998, by the United
1998_bombing_of_Iraq
US nuclear weapon
mid- and late-1950s designs. The B43 was one of four thermonuclear gravity bombs carried by Canadian CF-104 jets while serving in Germany between June 1964
B43_nuclear_bomb
Historic beer hall in Munich, Germany
assassination of Hitler and other Nazi leaders by Georg Elser. It survived aerial bombing in World War II. The Bürgerbräukeller was demolished in 1979, and the
Bürgerbräukeller
American cluster bomb
CBU-99 Rockeye II, and CBU-100 Rockeye II comprise an American cluster bomb family which are employed primarily in an anti-tank mode against armored
CBU-100_Cluster_Bomb
US Army Air Forces WWII chemical bomb
The M47 bomb was a chemical bomb designed during World War II for use by the U.S. Army Air Forces. The bomb was designed for aerial bombardment and maximum
M47_bomb
Bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets
provide greater accuracy for the aerial bomb it drops. Diving directly towards the target before releasing gives the bomb a faster overall speed and a greater
Dive_bomber
Aerial bombardment of Palestine, from 2023
percentage of civilians among the fatalities at not less than 80%. The aerial bombing and artillery shelling campaign has been accompanied or followed by
Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip
Aerial bombing attacks in 1966
The bombing of Aizawl was an Indian State aerial bombing attack on the city of Aizawl, the capital of the Mizo district (now Mizoram) and surrounding areas
Bombing_of_Aizawl
Hand grenade
used as a weapon by the Royal Flying Corps. Instead of a handle, the aerial bomb variant has only a cloth streamer. Saunders, Weapons of the Trench War
No._2_grenade
American hydrogen bomb
The Mark 17 and Mark 24 were the first mass-produced hydrogen bombs deployed by the United States. The two differed in the lithium enrichment of their
Mark_17_nuclear_bomb
Aerial bombing of cities Area bombardment Carpet bombing Civilian casualties of strategic bombing Roerich Pact Strategic bombing Tactical bombing Terror
Aerial bombardment and international law
Aerial_bombardment_and_international_law
Air-to-surface conventional bomb
helicopter landing zone, was an American 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) conventional bomb, delivered from either a C-130 or MC-130 transport aircraft or a CH-54 Tarhe
BLU-82
Smart Glide Bomb
The Long Range Glide Bomb, also known as Gaurav, is a product of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to deploy a standardised medium
Gaurav_(glide_bomb)
Large conventional bombs used in World War II by the Royal Air Force
A blockbuster bomb or cookie was one of several of the largest conventional bombs used in World War II by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The term blockbuster
Blockbuster_bomb
Type of bomb
6 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb based on the earlier Mark 4 nuclear bomb and its predecessor, the Mark 3 Fat Man nuclear bomb design. The
Mark_6_nuclear_bomb
Laser guided bomb
(Guided Bomb Unit) is a laser-guided bomb with bunker buster capabilities. It is a GBU-24 Paveway III fitted on the warhead of the BLU-109 bomb body that
GBU-27_Paveway_III
all Aerial bombs used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. Type 92 15 kg High-explosive bomb Type 99 30 kg High-explosive bomb Type
List of Japanese World War II army bombs
List_of_Japanese_World_War_II_army_bombs
Russian UCAV under development
KAB-100, FAB-100 high-explosive aerial bombs, RBK-500U free-fall bombs, and ODAB-500PMV volumetric detonating aerial bomb. Data from TASS General characteristics
Kronshtadt_Sirius
Church in Mosta, Malta
avoided destruction during World War II when on 9 April 1942 a German aerial bomb pierced the dome and fell into the church during Mass, but failed to
Rotunda_of_Mosta
American hydrogen bomb design
The Mark 16 nuclear bomb was a large American thermonuclear bomb (hydrogen bomb), based on the design of the Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device
Mark_16_nuclear_bomb
Royal Air Force directive to bomb Nazi Germany
The Area Bombing Directive was a directive issued by the Air Ministry of the War Cabinet to the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II on 14 February
Area_bombing_directive
The bombing of Warsaw in World War I started with the aerial bombing campaign of Warsaw conducted by German and Russian air forces during World War I.
Bombing of Warsaw in World War I
Bombing_of_Warsaw_in_World_War_I
1944 US bombing of an Italian city
The bombing of Gorla, also known as the Gorla massacre (Italian: la strage di Gorla), was an aerial bombing attack on Gorla, a district of Milan, Italy
Bombing_of_Gorla
Aerial bomb
Thermos bomb was the informal name for the AR-4, an air dropped anti-personnel mine used by the Italian Air Force during World War II. Large numbers were
Thermos_bomb
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