BLU-82 Daisy Cutter vs GBU-28
| American 6,800 kg blast bomb used from 1970 to 2008, originally designed for helicopter landing zones in Vietnam and later deployed in Afghanistan. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Conventional Bomb |
| Manufacturer | -- |
| Service year | 1970 |
| Number produced | 225 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| The GBU-28 is a 5,000 lb laser-guided bomb designed to destroy deeply buried, hardened targets. It was developed for use during Operation Desert Storm. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Laser-guided bunker-busting bomb |
| Manufacturer | Watervliet Arsenal |
| Service year | 1991 |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Weight | 6,800 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 5700.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 3.60 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 1422 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Ground radar or on-board navigation |
| Warhead type | GSX slurry |
| Weight | 2,268 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 286.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 5.82 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 203 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Laser, Inertial, GPS |
| Warhead type | Tritonal or AFX-757 explosive |
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