daisy cutters
Low-detonating aerial weapons
Daisy cutters are bombs designed to explode at or just above ground level, clearing vegetation and personnel over a wide area—low enough to cut daisies.
The term originally described a cricket or baseball hit that skims along the grass.
In military use, it refers specifically to massive air-dropped bombs like the BLU-82, used to clear helicopter landing zones in jungle terrain.
- groundersLow batted balls
- ground ballBatted ball bouncing low
- atom bombsNuclear fission weapons
- heavy ordnanceLarge military weapons
- skimmerSlotted kitchen utensil
napalm · bunker buster · shock and awe · air strike · cluster bombs · fragmentation bombs · hydrogen bombs · incendiary device · line drive · cricket pitch · landmine · athletics · shockwave · fastball · spinner · sports · curveball · MOAB
destructive approach (surface clearing vs. structure preservation)
daisy cuttersprecision strikes
Targeted attacks minimizing collateral