Since daisy-cutters (aka BLU-82s) are in the news these days, thought you might be interested in a little discussion of their application to terrorists and anthrax... The BLU-82 'daisy-cutter' is not some esoteric form of cookie cutter. The moniker is a nickname (given by G.I.s who handle them) to hypo barometric bombs fuel-air mixture bombs. Nicknames being ephemeral, they are often called f-a's as well, short for fuel-air. Hypo-barometric refers to the fact that these things are activated above ground surface at a given atmospheric pressure calculated to clear the surface of structures and life. Everything within a ~600 yard ...