lazy dog bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

lazy dog bomb lazy dog bombs

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Related words

bomb dog dog bomb lazy lazy bomb lazy dog lawn dart

Derived words

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