The "Daisy Cutter" or "BLU-82" How is it delivered and what makes it so lethal?

It is parachute extracted from the rear of a C-130 and the lethality comes in two forms.


The first is the explosion and the second is the shock-wave.





It was originally designed for Vietnam to clear the ground for choppers to land.

The "Daisy Cutter" or "BLU-82" How is it delivered and what makes it so lethal?
It is delivered out of the back of a cargo plane,normally a C-130. What makes it so lethal is that it is a bomb that weights 15,000 pounds and contains 12,600 pounds of GSX.





It's not actually called a Daisy Cutter. The Daisy Cutter refers to the fuse assembly that is used to detonate the weapon slightly above the ground.





It's unguided, and normally was used only to clear places in the jungle to land helos for the Army and Marines.