The BLU-82 Daisy Cutter was created during the Vietnam War to flatten jungle and produce instant helicopter landing zones. Weighing 15,000 pounds, it generated an enormous blast and mushroom cloud ...

The tactical utility of the 15,000-pound BLU-82/B "daisy cutter" bomb used in Afghanistan (DAILY, Dec. 13) is relatively limited, officials say. Developed in the late 1960s by Sandia Lab and the Air ...

LAUREL, Md. - The Air Force is gaining interest in a replacement for its dwindling supply of 15,000-pound BLU-82 "daisy cutter" bombs, a senior Air Force armaments official said Oct. 15. An already ...

THIS PAST WEEK during a massive nighttime aerial bombardment near Kabul, the Al Jazeera network caught on video an enormous, fiery-red mushroom cloud with flames reaching 1,000 feet into the air. Had ...