Flight Range Extension of a Guided Aerial Bomb with a Rocket Engine during Climb Bombing

• Published in: Advances in Military Technology 2021-09, Vol.16 (2), p.265-276
• Main Authors: Kravchuk, I.S., Bashynskyi, D.V., Taranenko, V.V., Zirka, M.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1802-2308; 2533-4123
• DOI: 10.3849/aimt.01462

The possibility of a significant flight range extension of a guided aerial bomb during climb bombing due to the jet thrust created by a solid-propellant rocket engine was considered. By means of simulation, a comparative analysis of the range of a guided aerial bomb equipped (not equipped) with a solid-propellant rocket engine under typical flight conditions of the carrier aircraft during level flight and climb bombing was performed. It was demonstrated that the use of a solid-propellant rocket engine, whose mass is 20 % of the guided aerial bomb’s mass, allows to increase the horizontal range of its flight at least twice.