E96 cluster bomb

The E96 cluster bomb was an American anti-personnel biological cluster bomb developed in 1950.

History

A February 24, 1950 report prepared by William M. Creasy, a colonel in the Army Chemical Corps' Research and Engineering Division, characterized the E96 cluster bomb as in the final stages of development.^[1] According to Creasy's report, at the time the U.S. had no other biological weapon systems ready for use in battle.^[1]

Specifications

The E96 cluster bomb was a 500-pound (227 kg) biological weapon designed to deliver an anti-personnel or anti-animal biological agent.^[1] It consisted of 104 E48 sub-munitions, each one weighing 4 pounds (2 kg).^[1] The sub-munitions were clustered into an E38 cluster adapter and when used, would be dropped from 35,000 feet (11,000 m) generating an aerosol cloud in the shape of an ellipse.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Whitby, Simon M. Biological Warfare Against Crops, (Google Books), Macmillan, 2002, pp. 104-08, (ISBN 0333920856).

United States biological weapons program

Weaponized agents	Anthrax Botulism Brucellosis Q fever Enterotoxin type B Rice blast Tularemia VEE Wheat stem rust

Researched agents	AHF BHF Bird flu CHIKV Dengue fever EEE Glanders Hantavirus Lassa fever Melioidosis Newcastle disease Plague Potato blight Psittacosis Ricin RVF Rinderpest Smallpox Typhus WEE Yellow fever

Munitions	E120 bomblet E133 cluster bomb E14 munition E23 munition E48 particulate bomb E61 bomb E77 balloon bomb E86 cluster bomb E96 cluster bomb Flettner rotor bomblet M114 bomb M115 bomb M143 bomblet M33 cluster bomb

Operations and testing	Operation Big Buzz Operation Big Itch Operation Dark Winter Operation Dew Operation Drop Kick Operation LAC Operation Magic Sword Operation May Day Operation Polka Dot Operation Whitecoat Project 112

Facilities	U.S. Army Biological Warfare Labs Building 101 Building 257 Building 470 Deseret Test Center Dugway Proving Ground Fort Detrick Fort Douglas Fort Terry Granite Peak Installation Horn Island Testing Station One-Million-Liter Test Sphere Pine Bluff Arsenal Vigo Ordnance Plant

Related topics	Biological agent Biological warfare (BW) Entomological warfare Soviet biological weapons program Korean War BW allegations List of topics U.S. biological defense program U.S. bio-weapons ban War Bureau of Consultants War Research Service

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