The Afghan government confirmed it was a coordinated move, when the United States dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its military arsenal in Afghanistan targeting ISIL militants, media reported Friday On Thursday, the US Forces-Afghanistan used a GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) for the first time to conduct ...
The US military has used its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs,” for the first time in combat. The US Air Force used it in Afghanistan to target ISIL tunnels and personnel. The 21,000-pound (9,525 kg) bomb was dropped in the Achin district ...
