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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One bad ass mother.
Shut your mouth!
But, he’s talking about Shaft!
Hope they save one for the Dork of the Nork. Wouldn’t be enough left to venerate. Just boom, gone.
“Must be some really important mud huts because I’m sure it’s not related to any ongoing negotiations.”
Okay, you can take your tongue out of your cheek now, lol.
Don’t add another “a”-word, it already spells OBAM...
XD
Shaft is gone
Kind of like buying some old Fireworks some guy had sitting in his Garage for years.
My FRiend, if there is something, we have learned in the past few months abour our POTUS, there is nothing accidental nor coincidental, when it comes to him dealing with our enemies around the world and in America.
Like the test firing of our newest Trident missile from a submerged USS Sub off the coast of California in February.
ISIS has moved into Afghanistan and is trying to takeover the drug trade from the Taliban
Russia and Pakistan are working with the Taliban (and the Afghan govt on the side, who requested their help) against ISIS
interesting times we live in
I guess the MOAB was Mad Dog’s way of saying “we’re still here”
And in this case “Mother” is half a word.
>>>B-2 can drop it<<<
A MOAB can fit in the B-2 Bomb Bay?
Maybe the shelf life was running out and it was “use it or lose it”?
It may be more of a demonstration than a test. There are lots of little things happening in the last week. The tea leaves are getting interestinger and interestinger.
My first thought was Mad-Dog is responsible for this. What an awesome pair: Mad-Dog who has the knowledge and nerve to do these things, and a president who will allow it! I wonder what N. Korea thinks of this???
Osswego, into the wild blue Yonkers!
Yes but Arabs are not anywhere near all ISIS
Retaliation against ISIS for killing a Green Beret in that same area.
Yup, test and message. I think these are the weapons of choice to quickly silence NK artillery. I had been thinking about that problem and I guess the air force read my mind.
I've heard those were very impressive to experience... from a distance.
I’ve heard it sucks the oxygen out of the tunnels, asphyxiating the guys hiding fairly deep in the mountain.
I read about it here like over a decade ago.
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