My impression was always that there was no fuse problem. Aircraft bomb fuses are designed to arm a number of seconds after release by the aircraft, so the bomb doesn't destroy the aircraft when it goes off. Normal bombs dropped by jet aircraft have to be dropped above a certain altitude so the fuses have time to arm. I had always thought the only problem with Argentine fuses was that the bombs were dropped too low to give the fuses time to arm. Is this incorrect?marcelo_malara wrote:I think the fuses problem was already known, a pilot should realize that his bombs didn´t explode. Anyway, in any war there are unexploded bombs, torpedoes, shells,etc....
The purpose of retarded bombs such as "Snake eye" is to deploy drag inducing plates which slow down the bomb, which in turn allows low altitude drops and still time for the fuse to arm and not destroy the attacking aircraft.