An air burst or airburst is the detonation of an explosive device such as an anti-personnel artillery shell or a nuclear weapon in the air instead of on contact with the ground or target. The principa
UGM-109 Tomahawk missile detonates above a test target, 1986.
The airburst fuzing system on a modern Carl Gustav recoilless rifle High Explosive round
The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, also known as the Punisher and Individual Semiautomatic Air Burst System was an airburst grenade launcher with programmable ammunition derived from
A soldier aims an XM25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center
A U.S. soldier wielding an XM-25 decorated in the Universal Camouflage Pattern