so, i'm kinda new, and thought about mentioning what pyro just did, but nevermind.
here's an excellent article on the blu-82b.
<a href="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm">The Daisy Cutter</a>
just fyi...Frequent press reports to the contrary, the Daisy Cutter is not a fuel-air explosive (FAE). It is a conventional explosive incorporating both agent and oxidizer. In contrast, an FAE consists only of agent and a dispersing mechanism, and takes its oxidizer from the oxygen in the air. FAEs generally run between 500 and 2000 pounds; it would be difficult to make an FAE the size of Daisy Cutter because the correct uniform mixture of agent with ambient air would be difficult to maintain if the agent were so widely dispersed. Thus, the conventional explosive technique of Daisy Cutter is more reliable than that of an FAE, particularly if there is significant wind or thermal gradient.
some of the info.
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