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The BLU-108 is an air-delivered submunition, containing four further smart "Skeet" warheads. The system is manufactured by Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems. The BLU-108 is released from a munitions dispenser, with a parachute being used to slow its descent. It then fires the four rapidly rotating skeets, which use multi-mode optical sensors to identify a variety of targets ranging from tanks and missile launchers to railway locomotives and landed aircraft. When the skeet passes over what it considers a high priority target (this priority can be changed prior to employment), it fires a 0.9 kg (2 lb) explosively formed penetrator providing armor-piercing and incendiary effects, as well as a fragmentation ring meant to damage any soft targets, primarily enemy persons, in the immediate vicinity of the target.

BLU-108/B specifications

Length: 78.8 cm (31.0 in) ^[1]
Diameter: 13.3 cm (5.25 in)
Maximum lateral dimension: 18.4 cm (7.25 in)
Weight: 29.5 kg (65 lb)

Skeet specifications

Height: 9.5 cm (3.75 in).
Diameter: 12.7 cm (5.0 in).
Weight: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb).
Seeker: Dual-mode active (laser) and passive (infrared) sensors.
Explosive: 945 g (2.08 lb) Octol.
Kill mechanism: Explosively formed penetrator and fragmentation.

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	The '''BLU-108''' is an air-delivered [[submunition]], containing four further [[smart weapon\|smart]] "Skeet" warheads. The system is manufactured by [[Textron\|Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems]]. The BLU-108 is released from a munitions dispenser, ~~and uses~~ a parachute to slow its descent. It then fires the four rapidly rotating skeets, which use multi-mode optical sensors to identify a variety of targets ranging from tanks and missile launchers to railway locomotives and landed aircraft. When the skeet passes over what it considers a high priority target (this priority can be changed prior to employment), it fires a 0.9 kg (2 lb) explosively formed penetrator providing armor-piercing and incendiary effects, as well as a fragmentation ring meant to damage any soft targets, primarily enemy persons, in the immediate vicinity of the target.		The '''BLU-108''' is an air-delivered [[submunition]], containing four further [[smart weapon\|smart]] "Skeet" warheads. The system is manufactured by [[Textron\|Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems]]. The BLU-108 is released from a munitions dispenser, with a parachute being used to slow its descent. It then fires the four rapidly rotating skeets, which use multi-mode optical sensors to identify a variety of targets ranging from tanks and missile launchers to railway locomotives and landed aircraft. When the skeet passes over what it considers a high priority target (this priority can be changed prior to employment), it fires a 0.9 kg (2 lb) explosively formed penetrator providing armor-piercing and incendiary effects, as well as a fragmentation ring meant to damage any soft targets, primarily enemy persons, in the immediate vicinity of the target.

	== BLU-108/B specifications ==		== BLU-108/B specifications ==