lazy dog bomb

English

Etymology

From the airdropped ballistic projectile model "Lazy Dog", generalized to all steel airdropped kinetic bombardment ballistic projectiles.

Noun

lazy dog bomb (plural lazy dog bombs)

1. (US, military) A fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the targetted area below. This unpowered ballistic projectile contains no explosives and achieves its aims through kinetic energy strikes alone, typically striking at 500 mph.

Synonyms

• lazy dog (shortening)

Coordinate terms

• airdropped flechette
• ball
• bolt
• bomb
• catapult ball
• catapult bolt
• catapult shot
• concrete bomb
• dumb bomb
• flechette
• gravity bomb
• rod from god
• shot
• sling ball
• sling bolt
• sling bullet
• slingshot
• sling shot
• trebuchet ball
• trebuchet bolt
• trebuchet shot

 

Derived terms

• lazy dog

Related terms

• bomb
• dog
• dog bomb
• lazy
• lazy bomb
• lazy dog

 

See also

• lawn dart