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Noun Concept
Categories: Military equipment 1970–1979, Cold War aerial bombs of the United States, Aerial bombs of the United States
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Big Blue  BLU-82  BLU-82B/C-130  BLU-82 bomb  BLU-82 Commando Vault "Daisy Cutter"
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A reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan WordNet 3.0
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A reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, known under program "Commando Vault" and nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" in Vietnam for its ability to flatten a section of forest into a helicopter landing zone, is an American 15,000-pound conventional bomb, delivered from either a C-130 or MC-130 transport aircraft or a CH-54 heavy-lift "SkyCrane" helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry. Wikipedia
A type of bomb nicknamed Daisy Cutter in Vietnam Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unguided aerial bomb Wikidata
IS A
fragmentation bomb
dumb bomb
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States
MANUFACTURER
Sandia National Laboratories
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Big Blue, BLU-82
Wikipedia
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BLU-82
Wikidata
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BLU-82B/C-130
Wikipedia Redirections
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BLU-82 Commando Vault "Daisy Cutter", BLU-82B, Commando Vault
Wikidata Alias
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BLU-82 bomb, Commando Vault, Daisy Cutter

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