User Guide

LAU-3 Rocket Pod
Range ...................2 nm
HUD Mode ............STRF
Guidance ..............None
Cost ......................$10,000
The LAU-3 represents one of the most common air-launched weapons in service today: the
unguided fin stabilized rocket. Its warhead is small, and most target vehicles can take one or two
near misses, but these weapons are launched in salvos. Two pods with nineteen rockets each will
put 38 weapons in and around the target in a matter of seconds. The F-16 can carry up to eight
pods and can fire them all at once. As an added bonus, they can be fired at planes if the target
aircraft will hold still long enough to be hit.
Mk20 Rockeye Cluster Bomb
Range ...................N/A
HUD Mode ............CCIP/CCRP
Guidance ..............None
Cost ......................$20,000
The Rockeye is a shell containing 247 pound-and-a-half bombs. These are dispersed (when the
weapon bursts at a preset distance above the ground) to cover about a 200 feet by 250 feet area
(around 50,000 square feet). The bombs detonate on impact. Rockeye bomblet detonation is strong
enough to kill most soft skinned vehicles, and a direct hit is enough to kill a tank if it gets the
engine deck.
Durandal Runway Cratering Munition
Range ...................N/A
HUD Mode ............CCRP
Guidance ..............None
Cost ......................$30,000
Durandal is designed specifically to destroy runways, taxi areas and hardened aircraft shelters. At
weapon release, the Durandal deploys a braking parachute and tips nose down. After a time delay, a
rocket motor blasts the weapon into the ground, where it explodes. Durandal can penetrate around
16 inches of concrete or asphalt ground cover before the fuse functions. The detonation creates an
underground “pocket” crater that is tough to repair. The blast radius of the weapon is very small
since the force is contained by the ground, so you have to be dead on target to use Durandal
effectively.
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