Posted on 04/13/2017 10:00:50 AM PDT by johnk
U.S. forces have dropped what is known as the "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan. The device is the largest non-nuclear device in the Air Force arsenal, Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reported. It was dropped in Nangarhar Province, an eastern area near the Pakistan border. It's the first time the 21,000-pound ordnance has been used in combat, said Griffin. The device, developed in 2003 by the U.S. Air Force, is called the M.O.A.B, short for Massive Ordnance Air Blast. It's often referred to as the "mother of all bombs." Watch the report above.
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It is so nice having adults in charge for a change.
It’s amazing how easy it can be when you don’t want to deceive and destroy America.
Just DO WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
DO THE RIGHT THING !
This isn’t rocket science.
Step 1 - Find really bad guys, ANNIHILATE THEM.
Step 2 - Sleep well and protect the innocent.
Step 3 - Rinse and repeat.
Right!
Bump This...
“Be prepared for the reports of massive civilian casualties “
This will be the spin for 8+ years.
Until their whole industry in nothing but pure comedy.
In fact for me it already is.
Bombs Away!!!
There is a family of very large non-nuclear air dropped explosives. If I remember correctly, the bomb(s) tested at Elgin whose blast(s) is/are YouTube linked to multiple times in this thread were largely experimental to determine if such mixture could achieve reliable airdrop detonation.
If this was one of the Eglin bombs, I'm guessing it was just one of several extras laying around.
Nope. The REAL "target" was thousands of miles away: KIM JONG UN.
Libs are saying it’s a “wag the dog” to distract from the ‘Russian investigation’. No evidence, but they can hope.
just one of several extras laying around.
Maybe...I don’t know.. I just know that MOAB moniker is a retread of a few years back or just forgetfulness. Dynetics was the manufacturer. I haven’t cared to delve into this any farther than that. Thanks!
“The REAL “target” was thousands of miles away: KIM JONG UN.”
And the real beneficiary was United Airlines, praying for something to take them off the front page.
Well said.
I missed the report on the weather on the day of the fall. Wonder if they will have a film at eleven...
(Of course to the typical newsie/newsette anything in those early chapters of Genesis is myth anyway. And everything sprang from nothing because - science.. ;-)
I like your style. Haha!
...not a problem *smiles*....we had 10,000 lb’ers..(m121).we’d stuff in the C-130 with chute
to make copter landing pads back in the late 60’s and early 70’..
I delivered one.
IIRC, Moses saw the “film at eleven” later on but had no media format for preserving an audio or video copy, and so had to transcribe the entire thing by hand. Poor guy didn’t even have the benefit of a clackety old Underwood to help him out.
I don’t believe that for a second...
President Trump is making Russia kneel and they are or they wouldn’t have had their meetings with Sec. of State T-Rex...
Don’t ever underestimate the knowledge of our President, this man knows how to bob and weave better than I have ever seen in my life time and yours also...
GO. PRESIDENT TRUMP. GO!!! MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
The MOPs built during GW-I used 8”/205mm artillery barrels. They poured in the explosive, slapped a machined/hardened nose cone on the front, and the smart guidance package on the rear, and loaded them for shipment while the explosive was still cooling down.
We lost complete strategic focus and leverage when we decided to invade Iraq. The rest is history with very unpleasant results.
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