I keep waiting to see this explained by CNN or the Tulsa World but what is the "Daisy Cutter" bomb and how was such a thing invented? -- C.T., Tulsa.

At 17 feet long -- about the size of a minivan -- and 5 feet in diameter, the BLU-82 or daisy cutter is, in the words of one aerospace expert, a "monster bomb." ...

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 ...

The BLU-82B or “Daisy Cutter” bomb was described as "the largest conventional bomb in existence and is 17 feet long and 5 feet in diameter, about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle but much heavier. It ...

Nicknamed "Commando Vault" in Vietnam and "Daisy Cutter" in Afghanistan, the BLU-82 is a 15,000-pound bomb, and because of its size, the bomb was dropped by parachute from the aircraft. "We in the Air ...

The U.S. Air Force had dropped a BLU-82, commonly known as the “Daisy Cutter,” a 15,000-pound thermobaric weapon used for clearing minefields and helicopter landing zones in the Vietnam war.