War and Afghanistan. The BLU-82 was retired in 2008 and replaced with the more powerful GBU-43/B MOAB. The designation "BLU" stands for Bomb Live Unit...

BLU-111, which gives it the same trajectory when dropped. BLU-129/B – U.S. Air Force Mark 82 version with a composite warhead case that disintegrates upon...

largest bomb by weight in the US inventory behind the 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" and the 3,000-pound (1,400 kg) M118 "demolition" bomb. It...

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resembles that of the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, which was used to clear heavily wooded areas in the Vietnam War. Decades later, the BLU-82 was used in Afghanistan...

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Neutron bomb A nuclear weapon designed to destroy with lethal radiation while not damaging structures. BLU-82 Used for creating clearings in forested areas...

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piezo-electric impact fuzes were fitted to the nose of the bomb casing. BLU-82 The BLU-82 was a large conventional explosive bomb, used to make helicopter landing...

Superfortress was used for testing. Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power BLU-82 Bunker buster Grand Slam bomb Massive Ordnance Penetrator MOAB Li, J.C.;...

the first attacks using the largest conventional bombs in the world, the BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" and GBU-43/B "Massive Ordnance Air Blast" (MOAB) bomb. Daisy...

purposes. The new BLU-82, developed in 1969, entered service later in the Commando Vault program. Unlike the M121, which used TNT, the BLU-82 used a slurry...

type of fuse designed to detonate an aerial bomb at or above ground level BLU-82, a type of bomb nicknamed Daisy Cutter in Vietnam In cricket, a ball that...

largest conventional bomb in the U.S. military's arsenal at the time, the BLU-82. When used gun barrels were in short supply, water pipes were requisitioned...

Operational drops were conducted using both modified M121 10,000 lb bombs and the BLU-82/B 15,000 lb bomb. Tests conducted prior to the deployment of weapons and...

military equipment includes a UH-1 "Huey" helicopter, an F-5A fighter, a BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" bomb, M48 Patton tank, an A-1 Skyraider attack bomber, and...

ammonium nitrate 58.6% aluminium powder 21% charcoal 2.4% TNT 18% Amatol ANFO BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" Tritonal Tweedie, N. (12 January 2004). "Farmer who is sitting...

evolved to include massive bombs as payload. The 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) BLU-82, nicknamed the "Daisy Cutter" for its ability to turn a dense forest into...

planes as bombers during the Vietnam War when C-130s were used to drop BLU-82 bombs. Despite losses in Vietnam due to ground fire, the technique continued...

for Commando Vault missions where the warheads were incorporated into the BLU-82 weapons dropped by C-130s using radar control in order to clear a helicopter...

Bomb used in Oklahoma City (ANFO based on racing fuel) 0.0018 2,300 0.78 BLU-82 (Daisy Cutter) 0.0075 6,800 1.10 MOAB (non-nuclear bomb, GBU-43) 0.011 9...

370 km) Rate of climb: 1,330 ft/min (6.8 m/s) Aviation portal Aerial crane BLU-82 Related development Sikorsky S-60 Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane Sikorsky CH-53...

by a 122 mm rocket while taxiing to pick up refugees after offloading a BLU-82 at the base. The crew evacuated the burning aircraft on the taxiway and...

Beach. As this was going on, five C-130s arrived over Koh Tang carrying BLU-82 "daisy cutter" bombs — a 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) device and the largest...

under warlord Fahim Khan. They called in airstrikes that dropped 15,000-lb BLU-82 'Daisy Cutter' bombs on Taliban troop positions with devastating effect...

German equivalent of the American AN-M56 general purpose "blockbuster". BLU-82 MOAB Citations Ordnance Pamphlet 1665 (1946) pp.36–37 Ordnance Pamphlet...

the minority when compared with "dumb bombs" used. Cluster munitions and BLU-82 "Daisy Cutters" were also used. Iraq responded by launching eight Iraqi...

helicopter OH-58A Kiowa – light transport/observation helicopter GBUs CBUs BLU-82 Daisy cutter Napalm Bomb, 250 lb, 500 lb, 750 lb, 1000 lb, HE (high explosive)...

The BLU-109/B is a hardened bunker buster penetration bomb used by the United States Air Force (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit). As with other "bunker...

which they received the Mackay Trophy. MC-130E/H Combat Talons dropped the BLU-82, the largest conventional bombs of the war and, along with MC-130P Combat...