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Big Blue

DEFINITIONS OF: Big Blue

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n 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

Synonyms:
BLU-82
Type of:
anti-personnel bomb, antipersonnel bomb, daisy cutter, fragmentation bomb
a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
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