Mark 43 Thermonuclear Weapon Training Aid

The BDU-6/E training aid represents the size, weight, and ballistics of a Mk-43 thermonuclear bomb. The Mk-43, later re-designated B43, was developed in 1956 as a tactical weapon with an explosive yield measured in the megaton range. It was designed fro low-altitude delivery at high subsonic and supersonice speeds. After the weapon was dropped, a parachite deployed to slow the descent, allow the attacking aircraft to escape the blast area.

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