US drops 'mother of all bombs' (not nuclear) on Afghanistan

[crossthebreeze]

US military drops 'mother of all bombs on IS' in Afghanistan
Apparently targeting caves populated by a Daesh affiliated group in Achin district
9800kg heavy, 9m long.

Fuck.

 

[spring-peeper]

and more US military news - 'Misdirected' airstrike killed 18 allied Syrian forces, US military confirms

 

[gosub]

US military drops 'mother of all bombs on IS' in Afghanistan
Apparently targeting caves populated by a Daesh affiliated group in Achin district
9800kg heavy, 9m long.

Fuck.

So Trump's plan was "I want you to drop a very, very big bomb. A nuke maybe"
You can't do that !
"Alright then what the biggest thing you've got that isn't a nuke"
We'll see what we've got in the back of the cupboard, sir.

 

[8den]

Donald just realised he gets more and better press if he bombs stuff, rather than tweets about things.

 

[pogofish]

Mother of all bombs....?

This item is about 4/500Kg lighter than the Grand Slam deployed by the RAF in WW2!

 

[Pickman's model]

Mother of all bombs....?

This item is about 4/500Kg lighter than the Grand Slam deployed by the RAF in WW2!

it is the biggest non-nuclear bomb IN THEIR ARSENAL. not ever, just in their arsenal.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Another US war, another MOAB...

The mother of all bombs to be dropped on Iran
Published at: 15:31, May 3, 2013

The mother of all bombs to be dropped on Iran | The Real Agenda News | The Real Agenda News

The United States has moved its newest -- and biggest -- conventional bomb to the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

The officials said a single, 21,000-pound MOAB bomb has been moved to an undisclosed forward base.

"I can confirm the MOAB is now in [the] theater," a Pentagon official told CNN. "But I can't comment on whether there are any plans to use it."

The bomb, nicknamed the "mother of all bombs," is officially known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast.

CNN.com - MOAB bomb moved to Iraq war region - Apr. 10, 2003

 

[editor]

Look at the fucking thing

 

[littlebabyjesus]

A show of force, aimed at whom? Everyone, I guess.

 

[Pickman's model]

A show of force, aimed at whom? Everyone, I guess.

who do you normally aim shows of force at?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

it is the biggest non-nuclear bomb IN THEIR ARSENAL. not ever, just in their arsenal.

There's a bigger one, more analogous to the Grand Slam than the MOAB is:

Massive Ordnance Penetrator

hehe, he said Massive Penetrator, hehe

 

[Sirena]

Look at the fucking thing

No thanks.

 

[bi0boy]

It's just a bomb of a certain size. I bet if they used the smallest bomb ever people wouldn't get so excited

 

[bimble]

$ 16,000,000 it cost to drop this bomb, apparently. sixteen million.
(edited: 314 million is the cost of the whole 20 of them that they had in the cupboard)

 

[CRI]

It's just a bomb of a certain size. I bet if they used the smallest bomb ever people wouldn't get so excited

True

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Look at the fucking thing

I don't think its a coincidence that its orange.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

...and makes a lot of noise and hot air.

 

[CRI]

Trump craves praise. We praise him for bombings. What possibly could go wrong?

 

[bluescreen]

Small hands, big bomb.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Just about every news outlet imaginable is reporting about this bomb.

One would almost think that the media loves war and war-related stories, and acts to glorify and sensationalize it, in the process.

 

[IC3D]

It's dick waving. Probably good when talking to some countries to chuck of few bombs about before. Power earns an ear sadly. Status is everything.

 

[Ranbay]

Boosting pricks

 

[NoXion]

The Russians allegedly have the Father Of All Bombs. Although some analysts are skeptical. If the FOAB is a mirage then that means bomblets are literally little bastards.

 

[CrabbedOne]

Things are actually pretty fucked up in Afghanistan despite it being a very long US deployment and an Obama policy priority when he got elected. The BLU-82 was used during the battle of Tora Bora in 01. Let's say I would not interpret this as a good sign.

 

[gosub]

Mother of all bombs....?

This item is about 4/500Kg lighter than the Grand Slam deployed by the RAF in WW2!

My grand dad flight engineered on dropping a couple of them

 

[gosub]

Donald just realised he gets more and better press if he bombs stuff, rather than tweets about things.

John Oliver warned about that last weekend

 

[pug]

he'll be planning to nuke north korea next

 

[DownwardDog]

it is the biggest non-nuclear bomb IN THEIR ARSENAL. not ever, just in their arsenal.

It's not even that. The GBU-57 MOP is 5,000kg heavier than a GBU-43 MOAB.

 

[diond]

it is the biggest non-nuclear bomb IN THEIR ARSENAL. not ever, just in their arsenal.

So more like your little 'niece of all bombs' then.

 

[alfajobrob]

It's just a bomb of a certain size. I bet if they used the smallest bomb ever people wouldn't get so excited

I bet they are designing nano bombs right now....get with the programme mofo!