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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 ...


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KEYWORDS: isis; moab
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KA-BOOOOOM

Fat Boy is paying attention now.

1 posted on 04/13/2017 11:06:11 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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Sure hope we have a few more of those in the stack. That saves the problem of burial.


2 posted on 04/13/2017 11:08:15 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: bar sin·is·ter

Breaking? Been on sidebR for an hour.


3 posted on 04/13/2017 11:08:18 AM PDT by TexasGator
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I just saw it.


4 posted on 04/13/2017 11:09:45 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: bar sin·is·ter

Alternate Universe ... !?!

Go get’em Guys !

Who else needs a bloody Nose?


5 posted on 04/13/2017 11:12:33 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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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.


6 posted on 04/13/2017 11:15:30 AM PDT by Wuli
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Did Bush ever drop this?


7 posted on 04/13/2017 11:21:33 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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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?

8 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.)
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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.


9 posted on 04/13/2017 11:22:18 AM PDT by cyclotic
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10 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.)
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To: bar sin·is·ter

72 virgins x N


11 posted on 04/13/2017 11:25:52 AM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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12 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.)
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V = 72n
13 posted on 04/13/2017 11:27:25 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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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


14 posted on 04/13/2017 11:28:44 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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TRUMP: We’re going to bomb the sh*t out of them!


15 posted on 04/13/2017 11:29:23 AM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
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To: TakebackGOP

First time in combat per the article.


16 posted on 04/13/2017 11:32:17 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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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.


17 posted on 04/13/2017 11:34:51 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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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?


18 posted on 04/13/2017 11:50:03 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (Proud member of Trump's army of online trolls.)
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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.

19 posted on 04/13/2017 12:03:37 PM PDT by pfflier
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Hopefully, it was effective.


20 posted on 04/13/2017 12:05:37 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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