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February 27, 2003: The U.S. Air Force is developing a new, 2nd generation, ten ton Fuel Air Explosive (FAS) bomb. It will replace the older "Daisy Cutter" FAS bomb developed during the 1960s. This was a 7.5 ton Fuel Air Explosive for clearing landing zones in the Vietnam jungle. Fuel Air Explosives work by dropping a bomb that is actually a large aerosol dispenser. When the FAS "explodes" it first dispenses a large cloud of flammable material (anything like gasoline or propane will work). The cloud is then ignited and huge explosion results. There's one drawback, the size and density...

Folks in southeastern Utah are up in arms -- pun intended -- about an enormous new bomb the Pentagon reportedly will use in any U.S.-led war on Iraq. Its name? The MOAB. Military sources tell ABC News the experimental, 21,000-pound bomb, about the size of a car, is similar to a small nuclear weapon. Its nickname is an acronym for "massive ordnance air burst" and not a reference to Utah's mountain-biking magnet, but that doesn't make Dave Sakrison feel much better. "They could have picked a better name," grumbled the Moab mayor, who plans to e-mail Utah's congressional delegation to...