US drops MOAB bomb in Afghanistan


Updated April 13, 2017 ● 444 views
US drops MOAB bomb in Afghanistan

The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said. The MOAB is also known as the "mother of all bombs." A MOAB is a 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition that is America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb.

via cnn.com

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Cryon · 6 years ago
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This is a MOAB bomb test

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB), aka Mother of All Bombs, is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb made so far. It deliver a hell of a punch and blast radius of up to one mile.

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