330-PSA-29-65 (428-GX-USN 1108874):  Caption on 428-GX: 428-GX-USN 1108874:  Drag effect of the Snakeye tail-fin device allows the A4E to pull ahead of falling bombs and avoid fragmentation damage, February 18, 1965.  Caption to image in 330-PSA-29-65:  End of Run…now scram!   Ricochet and fragmentation hazards have been practically eliminated in design of SNAKEYE, enabling attack plane to escape impact area before detonation of weapon.  Project pilots estimate that use of SNAKEYE could reduce need for up to fifty percent of sorties flown sub-limited warfare circumstances. Master Caption:  The SNAKEYE bomb, designed for conventional low level attacks, has folding tailfin device which deploys as soon as the bomb is dropped.  The deployed fins produce drag and slow the descent of the bomb, allowing the delivery plane time to clear the impact area and avoid fragmentation damage.  The SNAKEYE bomb system was designed and developed at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California.   (2015/11/10).
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