Afghan officials: Nearly 100 ISIS jihadis, including four commanders, killed in MOAB strike

Hot Air ^ | April 15, 2017 | Allahpundit

[crz]

Funny thing. People think this thing was loaded with tons of TNT. It has very little TNT in it. Its a fuel air bomb and it works really well, as we all saw.

[madison10]

Maybe further from the target site there are bodies, not Allah Dust.

[2111USMC]

Count the skulls.

The Israelis learned that is the most accurate way due to all of the suicide bombings they’ve had to clean up over the years.

[luvbach1]

We need to start production of the Grandmother Of All Bombs.

[PapaBear3625]

Actual cost: $170,000.00

The C-130 that delivers it costs around $14K per flight hour, so the bomb was possibly cheaper than the cost of transporting it to its destination.

They should have dropped two.

[ichabod1]

Probably really cheap too. It looks like you fill one tank with fuel oil, another with ammonia, let’er go.

[Kozy]

If you survived the kill zone attack, that bomb probably gave more than its fair share of concussions and ruptured ear drums. You just don’t walk away and be a fighter again.

[Lionheartusa1]

Pretty they’re gonna run out of virgins for all the martyrs .

[Pollster1]

It probably cost less than one Tomahawk cruise missile.

You get ten of these for the price of one TLAM missile. I approve.

[atc23]

Death from Above

[PIF]

Father of All Bombs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs

Yeild: 44 tons of TNT;
Weight: 15,650 Lbs

[xone]

Its a fuel air bomb and it works really well, as we all saw.

No it isn't, as made plain on numerous occasions. It works well, but a completely different beast.

[piroque]

Actual cost: $170,000.00 (Per U.S. Air Force)

With only a little over $4.000.00 ( 4-thousand dollars) worth of ammonia nitrate as the explosive .

[xone]

It probably cost less than one Tomahawk cruise missile

It did, but the target was unsuitable for a Tomahawk, just as it was unsuited for the target that got the Tomahawks in Syria. Different tools for different objectives.

[Pollster1]

As far as I can tell, MOAB is not a fuel-air explosive, just a really big classical bomb. It contains 18,700 pounds of H6: 44.0% (8200 pounds) RDX, 29.5% (5500 pounds) TNT, 21.0% (3900 pounds) powdered aluminum, 5.0% (900 pounds) paraffin wax, and 0.5% (90 pounds) calcium chloride. The RDX and TNT are traditional explosives. Powdered aluminum adds to the energy release. The paraffin is a stabilizer. The calcium chloride absorbs moisture and improves shelf life.

[Do the math]

Thanks, I’ll use that fact the next time I teach unit conversions.

[COUNTrecount]

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Do it do It! LOL!

[Bigg Red]

:)

[bdfromlv]

Or the truly terrible MILOAB (mother-in-law af all bombs).