The Mk-101 "Lulu" started to be replaced by the multipurpose B57 nuclear bomb during the mid-1960s. The B-57 was a bomb that could be used by tactical aircraft against land targets, as well as a nuclear depth charge.[1]
The Mk-101 "Lulu" had a length of 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m), diameter of 1 ft 6 in (46 cm), and weighed 1,200 lb (540 kg). In RAF service for carriage by Shackleton MR2 and MR3 maritime patrol bombers it was known as Bomb, AS, 1200 lb, MC.
The Lulu lacked an important safety/arming device: it had no sensors to detect the freefall from an aircraft that would follow from the depth charge's being intentionally dropped. As a result, if an armed Mk 101 bomb accidentally fell off an aircraft while it was parked on the deck of a warship, and then it rolled overboard, it would detonate at the preset depth.[2]
James N. Gibson, Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History (Schiffer Publishing, 1996): Chapter 12, "Nuclear Antisubmarine Weapons".
January 01, 1970
lulu, mark, lulu, airdropped, nuclear, depth, charge, developed, united, states, navy, atomic, energy, commission, during, 1950s, carried, nuclear, warhead, with, explosive, yield, about, kilotons, deployed, navy, purposes, antisubmarine, warfare, least, five,. The Mark 101 Lulu was an airdropped nuclear depth charge developed by the United States Navy and the Atomic Energy Commission during the 1950s It carried a W34 nuclear warhead with an explosive yield of about 11 kilotons It was deployed by the U S Navy for the purposes of antisubmarine warfare in at least five different models from 1958 through 1971 These nuclear weapons were also stockpiled overseas at the bases of NATO allies under American military guard and control for the potential use by maritime patrol planes of NATO Thus was most notable at the air base of RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall for potential use by British Avro Shackleton patrol planes and the Royal Netherlands Navy s P 2 Neptune and P 3 Orion patrol planes Neither the Lulu nor any other kind of nuclear antisubmarine or antiship weapon was ever used in combat by any country Mk 101 Lulu NDB Nuclear Depth Bomb The Mk 101 Lulu started to be replaced by the multipurpose B57 nuclear bomb during the mid 1960s The B 57 was a bomb that could be used by tactical aircraft against land targets as well as a nuclear depth charge 1 The Mk 101 Lulu had a length of 7 ft 6 in 2 29 m diameter of 1 ft 6 in 46 cm and weighed 1 200 lb 540 kg In RAF service for carriage by Shackleton MR2 and MR3 maritime patrol bombers it was known as Bomb AS 1200 lb MC The Lulu lacked an important safety arming device it had no sensors to detect the freefall from an aircraft that would follow from the depth charge s being intentionally dropped As a result if an armed Mk 101 bomb accidentally fell off an aircraft while it was parked on the deck of a warship and then it rolled overboard it would detonate at the preset depth 2 The weapon s W34 nuclear warhead was also used in several other weapons such as the Mark 45 torpedo and Mk 105 Hotpoint An Anglicanised version codenamed Peter was used as the primary for the thermonuclear Yellow Sun weapon and with the codename Python in the American B28 nuclear bomb References editNotes edit Comments and Corrections Ask Infoser Warship International 52 4 294 303 2015 ISSN 0043 0374 JSTOR 44893540 TNA AVIA 65 2082 Proceedings of the Ordnance Board in Joint Session with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment Bibliography edit James N Gibson Nuclear Weapons of the United States An Illustrated History Schiffer Publishing 1996 Chapter 12 Nuclear Antisubmarine Weapons https web archive org web 20120314120957 http www mcis soton ac uk Site Files pdf nuclear history glossary pdf Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mk 101 Lulu amp oldid 1191002275, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
