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BREAKING NEWS – U.S. drops 'mother of all bombs' on ISIS:
Daily Mail ^
| 4/13/2017
| David Martosko
Posted on 04/13/2017 11:06:11 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
The United States has dropped its largest non-nuclear weapon after it targeted ISIS a network of caves and tunnels in eastern Afghanistan.
U.S. forces used a GPS-guided GBU-43 bomb, which is 30 feet long and weighs a staggering 21,600 pounds.
A crater left by the blast is believed to be more than 300 meters wide. It has been described as the 'Mother Of All Bombs' a play on the 'MOAB' acronym, which actually stands for 'Massive Ordnance Air Burst.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis; moab
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KA-BOOOOOM
Fat Boy is paying attention now.
To: bar sin·is·ter
Sure hope we have a few more of those in the stack. That saves the problem of burial.
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:08:15 AM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: bar sin·is·ter
Breaking? Been on sidebR for an hour.
To: TexasGator
To: bar sin·is·ter
Alternate Universe ... !?!
Go get’em Guys !
Who else needs a bloody Nose?
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:12:33 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: bar sin·is·ter
Sending the “fat boy” onto ISIS in Afghanistan and in the process giving a warning to the “fat boy” in North Korea.
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:15:30 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: bar sin·is·ter
Fat Boy laughs at your MOAB and wipes his arse with air-burst technology.
But seriously, I would like to see the BDA in the coming days. Did they hit anything or kill any ISIS creeps?
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:22:17 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
To: bar sin·is·ter
The MOAB drop is reportedly in retaliation for ISIS killing a US special forces soldier. I’m guessing Staff Sergeant Mark De Alancar. He’s from my County.
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:22:18 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
To: bar sin·is·ter
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:25:32 AM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
To: bar sin·is·ter
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:25:52 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: bar sin·is·ter
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:26:38 AM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
To: beethovenfan
V = 72n
To: bar sin·is·ter
This isn’t the first time. I remember when they dropped this in Afghanistan anlftet 9-11. From a cargo plane
To: bar sin·is·ter
TRUMP: We’re going to bomb the sh*t out of them!
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:29:23 AM PDT
by
georgiegirl
(Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
To: TakebackGOP
First time in combat per the article.
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:32:17 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: stuck_in_new_orleans
I think that was the so-called “daisy cutter”, more of a fuel-air bomb than ten tons of explosives.
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:34:51 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: bar sin·is·ter
Would it be out of line to suggest testing this thing on CNN’s headquarters before using it in the field?
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posted on
04/13/2017 11:50:03 AM PDT
by
Newtoidaho
(Proud member of Trump's army of online trolls.)
To: bar sin·is·ter
Unimagineable decisive action from a US president.
That will have the libs and euroweenies wringing their hands until the skin rubs off too.
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posted on
04/13/2017 12:03:37 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: bar sin·is·ter
Hopefully, it was effective.
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posted on
04/13/2017 12:05:37 PM PDT
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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