In the mid 60s, the central laboratory headed by Avraham Makov, was focusing on the development and manufacture of a bomb whose purpose would be to disrupt enemy airfields runways.
The anti-runway bomb is assembled under a fighter's wing, as any regular bomb, and released at 100m flight altitude. Few seconds later, a parachute opens, breaking its descent, steering it at a 60 degree angle, with its nose pointed towards the ground. At that precise moment, a rocket attached to it, propels the bomb's warhead into its target (the runway), penetrating and piercing through its concrete layer.
After a 6 second delay, the warhead is detonated, creating a 5 m wide by 1.6 m deep hole in the runway, preventing its operational status.
The anti-runway bomb received high profile media coverage at the end of the Six Day War (1967), mainly due to its important role in achieving air-superiority by the Israeli air force at the start, and in the early stages of the war.
The development of that bomb was completed a few months before the Six Day War (1967). During 1966, 187 bombs of the smaller type and 66 of the larger type were delivered.
The Israeli air force had an inventory of approximately 200 anti-runway bombs as the war started, and made a lightening and very effective use of them.
Weight: 70 kg.
Warhead weight: 43.5 kg
Length and Diameter: 1.58 x 0.18 respectively
