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MK-84

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The Mark 84 is a 2,000-pound American general-purpose bomb, the largest of the Mark 80 series, with a nominal weight of 2,000 pounds but varying between 1,972 to 2,083 pounds depending on its configuration. It is filled with 945 pounds of tritonal high explosive and can form a crater 50 feet wide and 36 feet deep, penetrate up to 15 inches of metal or 11 feet of concrete, and cause lethal fragmentation to a radius of 400 feet. The Mark 84 has been used in various wars, including the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, and the 2014 Gaza War, and has been retrofitted with precision guidance capabilities to serve as the warhead of various precision-guided munitions.learn more on wikipedia

MK-84