Bomb bay
![World War II-era bomber Tupolev Tu-2 with a bomb bay open](/Images/godic/202501/01/Tu2_MLP0657.jpg")
![Inside the bomb bay of an Avro Shackleton](/Images/godic/202501/01/Avro_Shackleton_Bomb_Bay-0010657.jpg")
![An Avro Vulcan showing its bomb bay open](/Images/godic/202501/01/Vulcan.filton.arp.750pix0657.jpg")
![Mark 82 500lb bombs in a B-52G's conventional bomb bay.](/Images/godic/202501/01/Mk_82_bombs_in_B-52G_19840657.JPEG")
The bomb bay or weapons bay on some military aircraft is a compartment to carry bombs, usually in the aircraft's fuselage, with "bomb bay doors" which open at the bottom. The bomb bay doors are opened and the bombs are dropped when over the target or at a specified launching point.