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'Mother of All Bombs': US Forces Drop Massive Non-Nuclear Bomb in Afghanistan
Foxnews ^ | 4/13/17 | FOX News

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bomb; gbu43b; isis; military; moab; oef; pakistan; trump; trump45; trumpgwot
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To: NoCmpromiz

“... Shep Smith or Rachael Madcow reporting on the expulsion from Eden?”

I think we can already discern that their private opinions most closely align with the idea that the event was utterly unfair, and out of that misbegotten notion devolve a vile horde others.

WHICH pretty much fully explains the overall slant of their reportage.


281 posted on 04/13/2017 2:39:45 PM PDT by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: caww

That explosion GIF is flat out terrifying.

First explosion spreads the cloud of highly combustible material.

Second explosion ignites the cloud.

That has to be a scorching, deafening, bone smashing, flesh melting, eye popping living hell.

Merry Christmas ISIS.
New Years present coming soon. A$$hol@s.


282 posted on 04/13/2017 2:45:11 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: EURASLEEP

“Unfortunately, it missed its target by 2067 miles.”

Don’t worry MAGA even sounds like MECCA.
Hopefully there day is coming.
You can only poke God in the apple of His eye for so long.


283 posted on 04/13/2017 2:48:49 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: hoosiermama

“...Military leaders were POTUS guest for dinner last night
Guess he served chocolate cake for desert again!...”

Do you know how long these men have waited to attack the ENEMY.

They have been planning and waiting for 8 long years or more.

More like 30 years.


284 posted on 04/13/2017 2:51:58 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: rhubarbk

“...dropped onto the clap factory in PoonTang...”

I popped a vein in my forehead laughing at this. Classic.


285 posted on 04/13/2017 2:54:01 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: ncdrumr

“...We’re baaack!...”

Man that saddle feels good.


286 posted on 04/13/2017 2:57:36 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: johnk

Trump Listens.
To many people. But mainly to the experts.
Many of us lived through war being micromanaged from DC
All this happened while DJT was a student at military school. I’m sure he heard more than once how “the generals should be in charge”
His education( all 5-6 years at NYMA) prepared him to be CIC


287 posted on 04/13/2017 2:58:01 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: johnk

Compare the pacifist years of obama when we were ashamed and the world thought we were wusses and were not afraid to wreck havoc....

This is the POWER we are... this is the leader we voted for.. this is the message we want to convey.. and this is the UNITED STATES again... World, take notice!


288 posted on 04/13/2017 2:58:47 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: shotgun

“...Yes and Mt. Adam. Used to be able to see Mt. St. Helens to but it blew up real good...”

I have always wanted to move to that side of the mountains in Washington. Seems dry and just absolutely perfect.

That was until recently, with that influx from Californication.

These people are destroying many of the good places in the USA. I wish they would all move to Turkey, they would be real popular there.


289 posted on 04/13/2017 3:04:05 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: frnewsjunkie

FOX just reported that Trump is allowing his commanders in the field to make the decisions.

What a novel idea/s


290 posted on 04/13/2017 3:04:26 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: GregNH

Missa Kim a gonna have a one sreepless night........


291 posted on 04/13/2017 3:12:17 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: hoosiermama

You....you mean the ones trained to fight a war, are gonna decide how to fight it ?

Amazing logic.


292 posted on 04/13/2017 3:13:58 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

I mean I agree with Trump about not alerting your enemies about your military plans (common sense) but I wonder if he couldn’t talk to the American People generally about “regions of concern regarding ISIS” or “areas of interest” something like that without giving away any strategics or tactical plans - if not before striking, maybe after striking.


293 posted on 04/13/2017 3:16:50 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: stephenjohnbanker

“...Missa Kim a gonna have a one sreepless night...”

‘rats for sur’ |-)


294 posted on 04/13/2017 3:18:46 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

L E A D E R S H I P !


295 posted on 04/13/2017 3:21:05 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: Mouton

That’s the good thing about this - inexpensive. $16 million per unit for 22,0000 lbs of hell. With a blast radius of about one mile, it delivers a lot of bang for the buck!


296 posted on 04/13/2017 3:24:03 PM PDT by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: hoosiermama

Missing for a quarter century +


297 posted on 04/13/2017 3:28:51 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: lonevoice

WOW!


298 posted on 04/13/2017 3:30:42 PM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: Jim 0216
but I wonder if he couldn’t talk to the American People generally about “regions of concern regarding ISIS” or “areas of interest” something like that without giving away any strategics or tactical plans - if not before striking, maybe after striking.

What is there to say? The corrupt professional political experts have been doing nothing but talk for decades while we decline and become weaker. Look at our borders for example. Nothing but lies and lip service for decades.

Enough talk.

299 posted on 04/13/2017 3:40:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: johnk
This really is poor reasoning.

Oh thank you so very much for setting my reasoning straight. /s

Really, I was hoping that Trump would not be a globalist like Hillary, but he's acting like one. Ann Coulter said the same thing today on Breitbart.com

300 posted on 04/13/2017 3:40:43 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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