[MAPC-discuss] Daisy Cutter 

[MAPC-discuss] Daisy Cutter 

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2001-11-07

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=103574

The United States has used the biggest conventional bomb in its armoury
the 15,000lb (6,800kg) Daisy Cutter  for the first time in the campaign.
The fuel-air explosive device, which detonates just above the ground and
whose blast has been described as being like a nuclear weapon without the
fallout, was used twice on Taliban and al-Qa'ida fortifications in the
last few days.
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The bombs are pushed out of the back of C-130 aircraft on pallets and
detonate about three feet above the ground, covering a mile-wide area with
a mushroom cloud of aluminium powder which burns at about 5,500C
(10,000F).
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[MAPC-discuss] Daisy Cutter