I believe that many military fans must have heard of a special aviation bomb called graphite bomb. This bomb is mainly used to deal with the power supply, substation and transmission facilities of the enemy city. It passes above the power supply station or substation. Throwing a large amount of graphite fiber filaments makes the entire power supply or substation facility instantaneously short-circuited and overloaded, causing fires or explosions, so as to achieve the purpose of large-scale blackouts in enemy cities. This type of bomb has been used by the U.S. military in various battlefields since the 1990s, such as the Gulf War in 1991 and the air raid on Yugoslavia in 1999, and the effect is quite significant. After seeing the power of this special bomb in our country, we also put a lot of energy into researching it, and we have gradually achieved a lot of results over the years.
On August 15th, the military media disclosed the home-made anti-electric carbon fiber bombs for the first time. It can cooperate with domestic long-range aerial dispensers or sub-munitions to attack the enemy’s power supply, transformation and transmission facilities. , So that the enemy's city fell into darkness instantly.
Domestic carbon fiber bomb
The picture above is the public domestic carbon fiber bomb. It is mainly composed of two parts, one is the ignition mechanism and the other It is a roller with a large number of carbon fiber filaments inside. In actual combat, the carbon fiber bomblets are first loaded in the aerial dispensers or sub-munitions. After the carrier is launched, the dispensers or sub-munitions are guided by the missile-borne guidance equipment to fly over the power supply target to be hit. Height, and then began to throw these carbon fiber bombs. In the process of falling, the bomblets are controlled by the firing mechanism. When it reaches a predetermined height, the firing mechanism will control the charge in the carbon fiber roller to detonate and throw a large amount of carbon fiber filaments out. And these highly conductive carbon fiber filaments are scattered with the wind to power supply stations, substations or high-voltage lines on the ground, causing these high-voltage power supply and transmission facilities to short-circuit, overload and explode in an instant.
Domestic 500kg aviation dispenser
From the above combat process, we can also see that this carbon fiber bomb has the greatest attack effect, in fact, it is related to the ignition mechanism It is very important, because it controls the initiation height, only the best initiation height can make the carbon fiber filament throw the largest area and the best coverage effect. Many domestic attempts have been made in related fields, and different ignition mechanisms have been developed. For example, the first time-controlled ignition mechanism was used, which is actually a delayed fuze, which automatically detonates after a certain time after the bomblets are thrown out. But this method is actually more troublesome, because the spreading height of the dispenser is not necessarily fixed, and the delay of initiation has to be changed with different heights, which is more troublesome. In addition, I have also creatively developed a jumping explosive firing mechanism, that is, the sub-munition first lands, then is pushed up by the charge, and then air-blasted again. This sounds very troublesome.
And the current sub-munitions of some new sub-munitions have begun to use radio altimetry fuzes or satellite positioning altimetry fuzes like the U.S. BLU-114/B graphite bomblets. Their initiation height can be controlled by themselves. It is believed that this domestically produced carbon fiber bomb may also use a similar firing mechanism.
The BLU-114/B graphite submunition used by the U.S. military in air strikes against the Yugoslavia
The U.S. CBU-97 graphite bomb is actually SUU-66/ The B dispenser and the BLU-114/B sub-bomb make up
. I believe some readers may have questions when they see this. Why is the US military called the graphite bomb and ours is called the carbon fiber bomb. Are they different? Strictly speaking, it is indeed different. The main reason is that their carbon content and structure are different. Carbon fiber contains more than 90% carbon, while graphite fiber contains more than 99% carbon. In addition, graphite fiber has a layered hexagonal lattice structure, which is different from carbon fiber. However, the effect of the two is the same, both are excellent electrical conductors, and also resistant to high temperatures, which is quite suitable for attacking electrical facilities. Moreover, these fibers are so thin that it is very troublesome for the personnel to clean up after the enemy's electrical facilities are paralyzed, and it is often a long-term power outage when attacked.
At present, the domestic research on ammunition for anti-power systems is not limited to carbon fiber bombs. There are also long-term studies on other types of ammunition. However, in addition to its own effects, the deterrence of this type of ammunition mainly relies on long-range projection methods. It just so happens that China has already built a fairly rich land, sea and air long-range strike system, and various throwing tools are constantly innovating, and these things Together, it is the real deterrent.
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