BLU-82


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a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius

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Air Force was dropping: "Huge bombs called BLU-82 "daisy-cutters", which are effective at killing and terrifying the enemy." "Daisy", as she is affectionately called by American soldiers, is:
Picking Daisy's
The BLU-82 weapon system, or Daisy Cutter, was first used in Vietnam.
HAVE THEY HIT HIM?; US Daisy Cutter bomb blasts bin Laden cave
The fuel-air BLU-82 bomb combines a watery mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum with air.
Operation Veritas: Killing machine is unleashed
As this issue was going to press, the US had also begun AC-130H/U gunship sorties followed by BLU-82 "daisy cutter" fuel-air munitions attacks by MC-130 Combat Talons.
US-Led War On Terror Staged Over Afghanistan: The coalition presses home with SEAD, ELINT, and electronic attack. (EC Monitor)
It didn't surprise me to find that Henry Kissinger had at every stage argued for the most grandiose and hysterical response, forever puffing smoke and speaking of "American will." It seems to have been his idea to drop a BLU-82 bomb on the center of Koh Tang island; a 15,000-pound device that was the largest nonnuclear weapon in the US arsenal.
The Kiss of Henry
to assess the effect." The BLU-82 weapon system, or Daisy Cutter, was first used in Vietnam.
LET'S HOPE HE IS DEAD; US bomb hits bin Laden HQ
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