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snake-eye; snake-eye bomb noun during the Vietnam war, one of several aircraft bombs with descent-slowing devices to permit low-level attacks US- The “snake-eye” bomb had an air brake that deployed when it is released, slowing up its fall so that the plane could escape from the resulting blast. — Frank Harvey, Air War Vietnam, p. 58, 1966
- The Snakes, or Snake-eyes, were conventional general-purpose bombs fitted with clamshell fins that opened when the weapons were released and acted like parachutes to retard the weapons[.] — Stephen Coonts, Flight of the Intruder, p. 279, 1986
- “Snakeye” bombs were fitted with air brakes (drag fins) that deployed when the bomb was released, slowing its descent. — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 435, 1990
- A snakeye allows the dropping aircraft to be very low over the target and yet avoid the explosion of the dropped bombs. — Bob Stoffey, Cleared Hot!, p. 288, 1992
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