Definition of BLU-82

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of BLU-82

BJT
BKN
BK virus
BLA
BLBT
BLEVE
BLOB
BLOBs
BLQ
BLQs
BLRG
BLRGs
BLS
BLS1
BLT
BLU-82 (current term)
BLUP
BLV
BL Lac object
BL Lac objects
BLitt
BM
BMA
BMD
BMDO
BMEP
BMI
BMJ
BMK1 kinase
BMOC

Literary usage of BLU-82

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. U.s. Special Operations Forces: 1992 Posture Statement (1993)
"The BLU-82 Accenting the PSYOP Message Many humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions around the world have been supported by ..."

2. Vostok Station: Point of Impact by Plowright, Kerry (2005)
"... versions of the BLU-82 Daisy Cutters - 15000 pound fuel-Air Bombs (FAB), which exploded just prior to hitting the ground at a height of one to six feet, ..."

3. Land-based Air Power in Third World Crises by David R. Mets (1986)
"... prior to the assault.27 An alternative existed in that there were to be three BLU-82, 15000-pound bombs aboard C-130s overhead during the assault. ..."

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