lazy dog bomb
English
editEtymology
editFrom the airdropped ballistic projectile model "Lazy Dog", generalized to all steel airdropped kinetic bombardment ballistic projectiles.
Noun
editlazy dog bomb (plural lazy dog bombs)
- (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
edit- lazy dog (shortening)