GBU-43/B MOAB - Wikipedia
WEBThe GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, / ˈ m oʊ æ b /, colloquially explained as "mother of all bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Mother of all bombs: How powerful is US mega-weapon? - BBC
WEBApr 13, 2017 · The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) - or, in military speak, Mother of All Bombs - was launched on Thursday. The target was said to be a network of tunnels operated by the...
Why America Dropped 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS in Afghanistan - NBC News
WEBApr 14, 2017 · The MOAB was the largest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped by the U.S. military — so big it had to be pushed out of a cargo plane attached to a parachute. A Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB)...
What Is the "Mother of All Bombs" That the U.S. Just Dropped …
WEBApr 13, 2017 · The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, or "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB), which the Air Force unleashed on ISIS fighters and tunnels Thursday in the Achin District of...
First on CNN: US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
WEBApr 13, 2017 · A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time, according to four US military officials with direct...
MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US …
WEBApr 13, 2017 · The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also called the “mother of all bombs” or MOAB for short, is the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US military on the battlefield.
Mother of All Bombs: What Is the GBU-43 MOAB? - TIME
WEBApr 13, 2017 · The U.S. military says it has 20 MOAB bombs and has spent about $314 million producing them, according to CNBC. What kind of destruction does it cause?
The Mother of All Bombs: How badly did it hurt IS in Afghanistan?
WEBApr 27, 2017 · The 21,600lb (9,800kg) MOAB flattened houses and trees, but didn't destroy everything. A large number of IS militants were killed by the MOAB, but it is hard to know how many. The Achin...
Trump Drops the Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan
WEBApr 14, 2017 · Fourteen years after it was deemed ready to use, the U.S. unleashed the MOAB for the first time in combat on Thursday, at 7:32 P.M., against an ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar...
How the MOAB 'Mother of All Bombs' Works and Why It …
WEBApr 13, 2017 · The 21,600-pound bomb free-fell toward earth. The MOAB isn't the heaviest nonnuclear bomb in the US arsenal — that's the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator — but with a length of 30...