Video showing the bomb in use in April 2017. [2], The MOAB is not a penetrator weapon and is primarily an air burst ordnance intended for soft to medium surface targets covering extended areas and targets in a contained environment such as a deep canyon or within a cave system. The rocky landscape is dotted with caves and defensive tunnels, making it easy to hold and hard to attack, according to CNN International's diplomatic editor Nic Robertson, who has previously reported from the Afghan mountains.On Twitter, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani approved of the strike, saying it was designed to support the Afghan National Security Forces and US forces conducting clearance operations in the region.Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, however, denounced the use of the weapon. MOAB bomb originally developed for Iraq war. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? "This was the right weapon against the right target," he said.Nicholson gave a vague response to a question by reporters on who exactly ordered or greenlighted the strike, saying only that he enjoyed a certain amount of "latitude" to make decisions in his chain of command.He confirmed that the strike was carried out in coordination with Afghan officials and said that the mission had conducted rigorous surveillance before, during and after the operation to prevent civilian deaths. [3][16][17] Two days later, an Afghan army spokesman said that the strike killed 94 ISIS-K militants, including four commanders, with no signs of civilian casualties. Videos of a MOAB Explosion, the U.S. Military’s Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb Billy Murray April 13, 2017 CNN reports that a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday. Isis-K is an affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group, also present inside Iraq and Syria. Today, Billy's based in Brooklyn, living and creating above one of New York's most legendary donut spots. The MOAB is the most powerful conventional bomb ever used in combat as measured by the weight of its explosive material.

It was the first operational use of the bomb. Did You Know These Five Celebrities Are Competent Photographers Too? "The Taliban "control or contest" about a third of the population of the country, Bergen said, citing senior US military officials. During the Vietnam War's Operation Arc Light program, for example, the United States Air Force sent B-52s on well over 10,000 bombing raids, each usually carried out by two groups of three aircraft.

Billy Murray is the Editor-in-Chief of Resource Magazine. Its explosion is equivalent to 11 tons of TNT.

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"That does not mean everything within a mile dies – it means that everything within a mile has a potential to be affected," he said. WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has released video of its most powerful non-nuclear bomb being dropped on ISIS positions in a remote part of Afghanistan.Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed in the strike in Nangarhar province, near the Pakistan border, where the US military previously estimated ISIS had 600 to 800 active fighters.The GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) was dropped Thursday night on a network of fortified underground tunnels that ISIS had been using to stage attacks on government forces.The GPS-guided munition is known as the "mother of all bombs" and is capable of destroying an area equivalent to nine city blocks.The blast destroyed three underground tunnels as well as weapons and ammunition, but no civilians were hurt, Afghan and US officials have said.Residents in nearby villages said the blast shattered their windows and that it created a boom so loud that they feared their own homes had been bombed.Scrutiny over US strikesThe commander for US forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, defended the use of the bomb and confirmed the target of the strike was the network of tunnels that ISIS fighters use to move around and protect themselves from Afghan and US forces.

Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The M-388, a W54 nuclear warhead variant, weighed less than 60 pounds.

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It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. Designed in 2002, the MOAB, which weighs around 10,000 kilograms, is one of the most powerful conventional weapons in existence. ""We were all scared and my children and my wife were crying. Its success as a weapon of intimidation led to the decision to develop the MOAB. The US Department of Defense posted a video of the strike on Twitter with the caption: "A MOAB bomb strikes Isis cave and tunnel systems in eastern Afghanistan. We thought it had happened right in front of our house," he said. The Pentagon has released video from the moment the so-called “Mother of All Bombs” exploded over an ISIS cave complex in Eastern Afghanistan. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. MOAB was a "crash project" developed for use against an adversary with uncertain tactics on unfamiliar terrain, and so was an effort to meet an urgent need rather than a formal program. [14], On 13 April 2017, a MOAB was dropped[15] on an ISIS-Khorasan cave complex in Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. His work focuses on the convergence of creative culture, technology, and how it's shaping the future of the digital frontier.

[27][28] The explosive yield is comparable to that of the smallest tactical nuclear weapons, such as the Cold War-era American M-388 projectile fired by the portable Davy Crockett recoilless gun. The GBU-43, known as MOAB---short for Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or, colloquially, Mother of All Bombs---is the largest non-nuclear, non-penetrating bomb in the US arsenal. Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed in the strike in Nangarhar province, near the Pakistan border, where the US military previously estimated ISIS had 600 to 800 active fighters. The 'fat man' nuclear bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 was much more powerful, releasing energy equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT. In 2007, the Russian military announced that they had tested a thermobaric weapon nicknamed the "Father of All Bombs" ("FOAB"). There are numerous videos on the internet claiming to show a MOAB bomb explosion, many of which are unconfirmed or falsely stated. Pentagon officials suggested MOAB might be used as an anti-personnel weapon, as part of the "shock and awe" strategy integral to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It was the first operational use of the bomb. Previously the only video of a MOAB explosion was decade-old test footage. Shortly after launch the drogues are released and the bomb falls without the use of a retarding parachute. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. CNN reports that a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday. GPS satellite-guidance is used to guide bombs to their targets. The MOAB weighs more than 10,000 kilograms and contains 8,164 kilograms of explosive. The weapon achieved its intended purpose.". At the projectile's lowest yield setting of 10 tons, roughly equivalent to a single MOAB, its explosive force was only 1/144,000th (0.0007%) that of the Air Force's 1.44-megaton W49 warhead, a nuclear weapon commonly found on American ICBMs from the early 1960s. Or to keep it anonymous, click here.

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