Daisy Cutter-BLU21

Here’s an overview of five types of bombs, including their capabilities and explosion effects:
1. Napalm Bomb
Description: Napalm bombs are incendiary weapons filled with a gel-like substance that sticks to surfaces and burns intensely.
Explosion Capabilities:
Primary Effect: Napalm creates a fireball upon impact, spreading the burning gel over a wide area.
Blast Radius: The fire can spread across a radius of 100-300 meters depending on the bomb size and deployment.
Temperature: Burns at temperatures over 800°C (1,500°F).
Aftermath: Causes massive fires, burns structures, and creates severe casualties among people within the blast radius. The intense heat can even burn through skin and bone.
2. Cluster Bomb
Description: Cluster bombs are munitions that release smaller submunitions (bomblets) over a wide area.
Explosion Capabilities:
Primary Effect: Upon detonation, the main bomb breaks open and scatters smaller bombs across a large area.
Blast Radius: Each bomblet has a blast radius of 10-20 meters, and a single bomb can cover an area as large as a football field.
Shrapnel: The explosion creates shrapnel that can injure or kill anyone within the area.
Aftermath: Often leaves unexploded bomblets, creating long-term dangers for civilians.
3. Daisy Cutter (BLU-82)
Description: The BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" is a massive air-dropped bomb originally designed to clear landing zones for helicopters.
Explosion Capabilities:
Primary Effect: Produces an enormous explosion that flattens everything within a radius of 500-800 meters.
Blast Power: Weighs around 15,000 pounds of high explosives.
Air Burst: It detonates above the ground, creating a shockwave that can level forests or infrastructure.
Aftermath: Creates a flattened area and kills anyone in the immediate vicinity through blast force and the resulting fireball.
4. Bouncing Betty (Anti-personnel mine)
Description: Bouncing Betty is a type of anti-personnel mine that jumps into the air before exploding at waist height.
Explosion Capabilities:
Primary Effect: Once triggered, the mine propels into the air and explodes, sending shrapnel in all directions.
Blast Radius: Effective radius of around 10-15 meters, with shrapnel reaching up to 30 meters.
Aftermath: Causes severe injuries, especially to the torso and limbs, and is particularly lethal in jungle or densely populated areas.
5. Thermobaric Bomb
Description: Also known as fuel-air bombs, thermobaric weapons disperse an aerosol cloud of fuel which is then ignited, creating a massive blast.
Explosion Capabilities:
Primary Effect: The explosion causes a high-temperature fireball followed by a pressure wave, which causes damage through intense heat and pressure.
Blast Radius: Capable of covering up to 1,000 meters depending on size.
Aftermath: Kills primarily through blast pressure, which can destroy buildings, collapse lungs, and rupture internal organs. The intense fireball can burn anyone in close proximity.
Each of these bombs was designed for different tactical uses, with varying levels of destruction and long-term impact, particularly on civilian populations. Some, like cluster bombs and bouncing mines, leave behind dangers for years.