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 ...
Just showin’ ISIS a little love.
I think that was “only” a Daisy Cutter,which is a fraction in size/weight.
Hard to tell what damage it did as there is a crater in the way of the tunnel......
This MOAB bomb was estimated to carry 21,600 lbs of TNT. LINK
That is 10.53 tons of TNT. (1 ton = 2000 pounds)
Definition of a kiloton: LINK
The Hiroshima bomb was pegged at 15 thousand tons of TNT and the Nagasaki bomb was pegged at 21 thousand tons of TNT. LINK
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