Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb in world dropped on Afghanistan

Autonomous Cowherd

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-drops-largest-nonnuclear-bomb-on-afghanistan-21000lb-moab-used-for-first-time-35621197.html

This world is a crazy place. Do they even give a damn for the innocent people who happen to live in that area

Mulbert

Warning shot!

Autonomous Cowherd

1 mile blast radius. feels like nuclear bomb to people in area. ''Most fearsome explosive weapon'' in US armory. 300 million dollars.

Beyondgone

It's a fuel air blast bomb too - especially horrific for anyone in the blast radius. The zone hit is deoxygenated instantly and scorched by intensely high temperatures. Nasty weapon.

Harry Palmr

They dropped it in/over the mountains on ISIS caves.

Autonomous Cowherd

Beyondgone wrote: »

It's a fuel air blast bomb too - especially horrific for anyone in the blast radius. The zone hit is deoxygenated instantly and scorched by intensely high temperatures. Nasty weapon.

It's horrific.

DontThankMe

Merica is dropping bombs like they got an Osama Bin Laden turban on.

Glenster

Jesus!

I suppose the days of 'precision strikes' are gone...

Any word on the collateral damage yet?

Noddyholder

The US military has dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on an Islamic State group tunnel complex in Afghanistan, the Pentagon says.

The GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), known as "the mother of all bombs", was first tested in 2003, but had not been used before in combat.

The Pentagon confirmed the weapon was dropped from a US aircraft in Nangarhar province.

It follows last week's death of a US special forces soldier in Afghanistan.

The 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb was dropped in Achin district on Thursday evening local time, the Pentagon said.

Gen John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said the jihadist group's "losses have mounted, they are using IEDs, bunkers and tunnels to thicken their defence.

"This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive."

Autonomous Cowherd

Harry Palmr wrote: »

They dropped it in/over the mountains on ISIS caves.

Yes, that's right. I suppose that will deal with all the baddies. And damn all those civilians who happen to live near Achin district of the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.

Noddyholder

I would like to know the damage & casualties of this action.

PucaMama

One step closer to all out nuclear war. Bad times.

Autonomous Cowherd

Noddyholder wrote: »

I would like to know the damage & casualties of this action.

How likely is that to happen? Really how likely are the people who dropped this going to monitor civilian casualties.
Just really shocked.

lawred2

Beyondgone wrote: »

It's a fuel air blast bomb too - especially horrific for anyone in the blast radius. The zone hit is deoxygenated instantly and scorched by intensely high temperatures. Nasty weapon.

Are there nice bombs for those in the blast radius?

suicide_circus

Beyondgone

Noddyholder wrote: »

I would like to know the damage & casualties of this action.

The area struck will look like the surface of the moon. Basically. It is also designed to suck all the air out of tunnels/caves in the blast zone. If you're in a tunnel and the blast outside doesn't kill you, having your lungs sucked flat a split second later will.

Atlantic Dawn

Worse than cluster bombing a place.

TallGlass

Did someone say it cost 300 million dollars and weighs nearly 10,000kg.

What in the name of jaysis a bomb, sounds more like an asteroid hitting the place.

Noddyholder

PucaMama wrote: »

One step closer to all out nuclear war. Bad times.

You rekon ?

Actually its all happening out near the mad monk in N Korea .

Harry Palmr

TallGlass wrote: »

sounds more like an asteroid hitting the place.

Probably about right when the dust clears!

btw way folks there are no nice bombs.

PucaMama

Noddyholder wrote: »

PucaMama wrote: »

One step closer to all out nuclear war. Bad times.

You rekon ?

Actually its all happening out near the mad monk in N Korea .

I think it's a step closer now because how will he top this attack?? There is nothing left only nuclear. Why are people not more afraid.

Beyondgone

TallGlass wrote: »

Did someone say it cost 300 million dollars and weighs nearly 10,000kg.

What in the name of jaysis a bomb, sounds more like an asteroid hitting the place.

And designed by a woman too afaik.
No messing with her.

Edit - Yup - Nguyet Anh Duong

Autonomous Cowherd

Beyondgone wrote: »

And designed by a woman too afaik.
No messing with her.

That's bad . hate that the word ''mother'' is being associated with it too. All this gung ho talk.
I see that there are estimated 1000 - 5000 IS in Afghanistan....hardly merits a bomb like this surely. Something that will live on in ISIL lore, something that will recruit thousands.

DrumSteve

I'd say they were dying to use that.

If only to show NK what's up.

lawred2

Beyondgone wrote: »

And designed by a woman too afaik.
No messing with her.

Edit - Yup - Nguyet Anh Duong

Disgrace of a person

Lilmiss82

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Probably about right when the dust clears!

btw way folks there are no nice bombs.

Those cute little bath bombs I throw into my bath are quite nice!!

DrumSteve

lawred2 wrote: »

Disgrace of a person

Why?

uck51js9zml2yt

Noddyholder wrote: »

I would like to know the damage & casualties of this action.

There were probably no casualties.

mikeoneilly

TallGlass wrote: »

Did someone say it cost 300 million dollars and weighs nearly 10,000kg.

What in the name of jaysis a bomb, sounds more like an asteroid hitting the place.

It's about 30 ft long

I doubt it weighs that much

lawred2

DrumSteve wrote: »

Why?

It's simply not possible to disassociate oneself from the product of ones work especially when that product is the death of others.

Her talents bring nothing good to the world.

A Little Pony

Well done Trump, take the war to them.

Gatling

Can't wait to see the video ,

Mother of all Bombs

Noddyholder

PucaMama wrote: »

I think it's a step closer now because how will he top this attack?? There is nothing left only nuclear. Why are people not more afraid.

Nope he wont, and we have our iodine tablets so there's nothing to be afraid of, Enda is on the case.

mikeoneilly

lawred2 wrote: »

It's simply not possible to disassociate oneself from the product of ones work especially when that product is the death of others.

Her talents bring nothing good to the world.

Would you say the same about those who worked on the atomic bombs during ww2?

Beyondgone

mikeoneilly wrote: »

It's about 30 ft long

I doubt it weighs that much

It weigh just under 10 ton. Most is the "thermobaric" fuel load.

What puzzles me most is that the designer of these weapons(a female, as I mentioned) is also of Vietnamese origin. You'd imagine she had seen enough of the horrors of war not to want to add to it, but seemingly, no.

GavRedKing

You cant bate a bit of faux outrage.

This wasnt targeted at a city or suburb but a cave network in the mountains.

Noddyholder

Gatling wrote: »

Can't wait to see the video ,

Mother of all Bombs

Yea I say it be awesome :rolleyes::P

lawred2

mikeoneilly wrote: »

Would you say the same about those who worked on the atomic bombs during ww2?

Yes. 200k civilian deaths is nothing to be proud of.

Autonomous Cowherd

Gatling wrote: »

Can't wait to see the video ,

Mother of all Bombs

Don't even know what to say to that....every sarcastic thought that runs through my head seems too small

Red Kev

Mother Russia has a more powerful bomb called the FOAB or Father of all Bombs. The Russians have (correctly) sststed that it is more environmentally friendly than a nuclear device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wvtRbCV-6w

This is the US MOAB in use, probably smaller then the one dropped today.
Allahu Akbar indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_chcr16C_Q

dodderangler

Autonomous Cowherd wrote: »

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-drops-largest-nonnuclear-bomb-on-afghanistan-21000lb-moab-used-for-first-time-35621197.html

This world is a crazy place. Do they even give a damn for the innocent people who happen to live in that area

Do terrorists care about the innocent they kill?? Seen as most if not all are innocent. The bombs being dropped are to giving terrorist hideouts and locations. But for every terrorist killed maybe 10 innocents go with him.

Beyondgone

lawred2 wrote: »

Are there nice bombs for those in the blast radius?

Yes. Love-Bombs. And water bombs, if the days warm. :cool:

Noddyholder

Beyondgone wrote: »

It weighs just under 10 ton. Most is the "thermobaric" fuel load.

What puzzles me most is that the designer of these weapons(a female, as I mentioned) is also of Vietnamese origin. You'd imagine she had seen enough of the horrors of war not to want to add to it, but seemingly, no.

That's her job , where she is from is irrelevant , don't know why your confused, nearly every country in the world has at one time or another gone through the horrors of wars.

Autonomous Cowherd

GavRedKing wrote: »

You cant bate a bit of faux outrage.

This wasnt targeted at a city or suburb but a cave network in the mountains.

Yeah, God love us and our faux outrage. You do realise that there are no unpopulated places. Shepherds and farmers and ordinary people would be living in these mountains. Off you go back to Netflix or whatever you were doing before we annoyed you.

PucaMama

Noddyholder wrote: »

PucaMama wrote: »

I think it's a step closer now because how will he top this attack?? There is nothing left only nuclear. Why are people not more afraid.

Nope he wont, and we have our iodine tablets so there's nothing to be afraid of, Enda is on the case.

Iodine tablets that have decayed for years in people's homes are useless. We are ****ed if it happens. I can never understand the lack of concern for the quickly escalating fighting. Nuclear is the next step.

Noddyholder

Red Kev wrote: »

Mother Russia has a more powerful bomb called the FOAB or Father of all Bombs. The Russians have (correctly) sststed that it is more environmentally friendly than a nuclear device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wvtRbCV-6w

This is the US MOAB in use, probably smaller then the one dropped today.
Allahu Akbar indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_chcr16C_Q

That's the father now we have the mother, dread to think what the children be like.

Beyondgone

mikeoneilly wrote: »

Would you say the same about those who worked on the atomic bombs during ww2?

I'd say that about anyone who works on any sort of bomb tbh. You'd have to be a bit of a thoughtless gimp. Also, not a tad of outrage here. Just shooting the breeze in a dispassionatish manner.

bilston

Think of the carnage caused by the IRA bomb in Manchester in 1996. That was 2000lbs of explosives. This weapon was 10.5 times that size.

I'm getting a bit uneasy about the direction things are going at the moment in Syria, Afghanistan, Russia vs The West, IS and the terror attacks in Europe and if reports are to believed there could be a pretty serious flashpoint coming this weekend in North Korea. We could do with some cooler heads at the highest political levels at the moment and outside of Europe (who are fairly minor players in world events at the moment) I don't see any. You just hope we can avoid any fallout (pun may or may not be intended).

Galwayguy35

PucaMama wrote: »

Iodine tablets that have decayed for years in people's homes are useless. We are ****ed if it happens. I can never understand the lack of concern for the quickly escalating fighting. Nuclear is the next step.

Relax noone is going to nuke you.

Will I Am Not

Autonomous Cowherd wrote: »

Yeah, God love us and our faux outrage. You do realise that there are no unpopulated places. Shepherds and farmers and ordinary people would be living in these mountains. Off you go back to Netflix or whatever you were doing before we annoyed you.

ISIS have innocent shepherds hanging around their cave networks?

Red Kev

Red Kev wrote: »

Mother Russia has a more powerful bomb called the FOAB or Father of all Bombs. The Russians have (correctly) sststed that it is more environmentally friendly than a nuclear device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wvtRbCV-6w

This is the US MOAB in use, probably smaller then the one dropped today.
Allahu Akbar indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_chcr16C_Q

Granny Of All Bombs. G. O. A. B.

Wayne Rooney special.