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US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
CNN ^ | April 13, 2017 | Barbara Starr

Posted on 04/13/2017 9:45:57 AM PDT by C19fan

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 the "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB) — was dropped in at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, sources said.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: bombs; first100days; moab; oef; trumpgwot
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Message to Lil' Kim and the Mullahs. The MOAB has an explosive yield of 11 tons of TNT compared to the WW II era British Grand Slam bomb that had a 6.5 tons on TNT yield.
1 posted on 04/13/2017 9:45:57 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Now start playing Yoko Ono records or recordings of Hillary Clinton speeches after this and they will know the true meaning of hell-on-earth.


2 posted on 04/13/2017 9:48:10 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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They need to be dropped in coordinated fashion with overlapping areas of effect. That way they would do much more damage.


3 posted on 04/13/2017 9:48:26 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: C19fan

I wonder what intelligence they acted on.


4 posted on 04/13/2017 9:48:32 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Charlie, here comes the deuce, and when you speak of me speak well.)
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To: C19fan

Or a message to anybody ( Taliban ) looking to muscle in on the CIA’s very profitable poppy fields.


5 posted on 04/13/2017 9:48:43 AM PDT by free from tyranny
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To: C19fan

ISIS is a legit target.


6 posted on 04/13/2017 9:49:01 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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Just a firecracker. Each rocket in the tube of the ASROC launcher on the tine can I called home had a 1KT nuke warhead. That’s one thousand tons of TNT. That would send a message.


7 posted on 04/13/2017 9:49:19 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: A CA Guy

They sound the same


8 posted on 04/13/2017 9:49:50 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: C19fan

Video? ;)


9 posted on 04/13/2017 9:51:17 AM PDT by Gman
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“Now start playing Yoko Ono records or recordings of Hillary Clinton speeches after this and they will know the true meaning of hell-on-earth.”

I believe both of those have been classified as “infernal weapons” by the Geneva Convention signatories.


10 posted on 04/13/2017 9:51:20 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: C19fan

Prepare for “... many, many women and children were believed ...”.


11 posted on 04/13/2017 9:51:27 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: C19fan

Jay Sekulow is breaking it also.. if you can’t stomach cnn.


12 posted on 04/13/2017 9:51:36 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Gas attacks. Substitute Sadam for Assad and Iraq for Syria? How many American lives do you commit)
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To: Cap Huff

What the hell.....was there a HVT hiding there?


13 posted on 04/13/2017 9:51:38 AM PDT by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: free from tyranny

That’s the first thing I thought, too. Or to erase evidence of their poppy fields.

Why is Trump playing the patsy here? IDGI.


14 posted on 04/13/2017 9:52:14 AM PDT by Sontagged (Lord Jesus: please expose, unveil and then frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised...)
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Now start playing Yoko Ono records or recordings of Hillary Clinton speeches after this and they will know the true meaning of hell-on-earth.

Or "Itsy-Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"


15 posted on 04/13/2017 9:52:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

My guess is it was a test drop to assess effectiveness against tunnels.


16 posted on 04/13/2017 9:55:49 AM PDT by fso301
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My guess is it was a test drop to assess effectiveness against tunnels.


17 posted on 04/13/2017 9:55:51 AM PDT by fso301
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I was around 28 miles away when they tested that bomb at Eglin. I was hoping to feel or at least hear it but nothing at all.


18 posted on 04/13/2017 9:56:55 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: dfwgator

I think we hit a high value target ...


19 posted on 04/13/2017 9:57:02 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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“Message to Lil’ Kim and the Mullahs.”

This.

We have a very large arsenal - not counting the WMDs - and are reminding some in the world that it’s no big deal to us to expend a good chunk of it for minor gain. ...that vs those, being reminded, may have some strong stuff but very little of it.


20 posted on 04/13/2017 9:57:03 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
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