The American version is typically labeled "BLU-114/B". BLU is a military acronym for "bomb live unit". Once the bomb is ejected from a plane or missile, the device's explosive is activated. The explosive detonates ejecting the graphite filaments from the metal canister.

The BLU-114/B detonates over its target and disperses huge numbers of fine carbon filaments, each far smaller than the crude wire spools used in the gulf war.

The BLU-114/B is a special-purpose munition for attacking electrical power infrastructure. Although very little is known about this highly classified weapon, reportedly it functions by dispensing a number of submunitions which in turn disperse large numbers of …

Stealth fighters dropped these on Serbia during Nato's military action over Kosovo in 1999. Canisters found on the ground were labelled BLU-114/B (BLU being a standard military acronym for...

Also, the graphite bomb (composed of submunitions BLU-114/B, produced by USA) was used widely in the NATO military intervention in former Yugoslavia (1999), where its efect consisted in...

A graphite bomb consists of a metal canister that is filled with spools of graphite filament and an explosive device. The American version is typically labeled "BLU-114/B". BLU is a military acronym for "bomb live unit". Once the bomb is ejected from a plane or missile, the device's explosive is activated.

The BLU-114/B detonates over its target and disperses huge numbers of fine carbon filaments, each far smaller than the crude wire spools used in the Gulf War. The filaments are only a few hundredths of an inch thick and can float in the air like a dense cloud.

The graphite bomb was first used against Iraq in the Gulf War (1990–1991), knocking out 85% of the electrical supply. Similarly, the BLU-114/B "Soft-Bomb" graphite bomb was used by NATO against Serbia in May 1999, disabling 70% of that country's power grid.

May 4, 1999 · The weapon, known as a BLU-114/B and carried by the F-117A stealth fighter, throws out clusters of bomblets whose chemically treated filaments act like lightning when they touch an electrical...

Here we have the BLU-114 Graphite Bomb (also known as the "Soft Bomb"). It is designed to decrease enemy reaction times and capabilities ( such as air defense) by destroying electrical power grids.