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A rumor has appeared on social media suggesting that Russia has dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb, nicknamed the Father of All Bombs, on ISIS terrorists in Syria. If confirmed, this would be the first time Russia has employed this weapon, which is has otherwise revealed very little about, in combat. On Sept. 7, 2017, posts appeared on Twitter alleging that witnesses and activists near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, had seen the weapon in action.. As yet, though, there has been no reporting in English language Russian news outlets or an official statement from the Russian Ministry of...

Russian army 'tests the father of all bombs' By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Last Updated: 2:26am BST 12/09/2007 Russia has delivered a belligerent message of defiance to the West after army generals claimed to have tested "the father of all bombs". Developed in secret, the unchristened bomb, a vacuum device capable of emitting shockwaves as powerful as a nuclear weapon, was unveiled with great theatre on state television's main evening broadcast. A mushroom cloud rises over a plain as Russia’s military test their latest weapon Boasting that the weapon had "no match in the world," ORT First Channel television showed...

Russia tests the world's largest ever non-nuclear bombLast updated at 00:56am on 12th September 2007 Russia has exploded the world's biggest non-nuclear bomb in a dramatic escalation of the new Cold War. Nicknamed 'the father of all bombs', it was filmed being dropped from a strategic bomber and exploding in a massive fireball. The film then showed the debris of apartment buildings and armoured vehicles at a testing range, as well as ground burned by a massive explosion. Scroll down for more...DESTRUCTION: The world's largest non-nuclear bomb tested by Russians  It didn't give the bomb's military name or say when...