BETAB-500 vs BLU-82 Daisy Cutter
| The BETAB-500 is a Soviet/Russian concrete-piercing bomb designed to crater runways and penetrate reinforced concrete structures. | |
| Origin | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Concrete-Piercing Bomb |
| Manufacturer | Russian State Industry |
| Service year | -- |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| American 6,800 kg blast bomb used from 1970 to 2008, originally designed for helicopter landing zones in Vietnam and later deployed in Afghanistan. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Conventional Bomb |
| Manufacturer | -- |
| Service year | 1970 |
| Number produced | 225 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Maximum speed | Mach 1.0 |
| Weight | 477 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 98.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 2.20 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 350 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | -- |
| Warhead type | TNT equivalent |
| Maximum speed | NA |
| Weight | 6,800 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 5700.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 3.60 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 1422 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Ground radar or on-board navigation |
| Warhead type | GSX slurry |
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