"Mother-Of-All-Bombs"

[Texan-in-Training]

Got to stand next to one of the development units in our X-Ray facility. It's big.
Someone's ears are ringing...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...-in-afghanistan-after-green-beret-killed.html

 

[majormadmax]

I always thought the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter was badass, but the GBU-43/B truly is the MOAB! It has a blast yield of 11 tons of TNT!

This is the first combat drop of one, although we did have them in the region back in 2003...

Cheers! M2

 

[Flewda]

Sayonara, jerkweeds.

Trump is still very much a question mark for me, but the dude is making good on his promise to bomb the hell out of ISIS.

 

[vmax]

New Sherrif in town

 

[majormadmax]

By the way, the Russian Авиационная вакуумная бомба повышенной мощности (АВБПМ, a.k.a. "Отец всех бомб", or "Father Of All Bombs)--a thermobaric device that yields the equivalent of 44 tons of TNT--is allegedly four times as powerful as the GBU-43/B!

Cheers! M2

 

[PhulesAu]

Just 1??? Really, I don't think they got the job done.

 

[Lost Spurs]

Between this and the 59 cruise missiles, somebody is sending someone somewhere a message.

The pictures are neat on this thing. It is the size of a semi trailer and gets dropped out of a cargo plane. That is bad ass. Murica.

AdamT

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[orbitup]

He says it way better than I can

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[Maverick44]

That is one big ass bomb.

 

[roadkill]

 

[Flewda]

TOAT - Trigger of all Triggers

 

[zincwarrior]

One cannot win in Afghanistan. There will always be more recruits. So long as students are killed in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy a western power cannot win there.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/04/14/pakistani-student-killed-mob-campus
I do appreciate a big boom though.

EDIT: How would this compare to the Brit's old 10 ton blockbuster bombs? (they actually dropped some of these on the Tirpitz)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(bomb)

 

[zincwarrior]

TOAT - Trigger of all Triggers

Thats one scary lookin lady.

 

[Army 1911]

This bomb costs over 3 million bucks. Terrorists build bombs for 39.95.... why can't we.

 

[roadkill]

We don't live in caves

 

[DubiousDan]

 

[Texan-in-Training]

He says it way better than I can

Please see "point" #9

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/04/message-in-the-moab.php

 

[zincwarrior]

We don't live in caves

Speak for youself!

 

[Younggun]

This bomb costs over 3 million bucks. Terrorists build bombs for 39.95.... why can't we.

You're not factoring in the cost of the ordinance used to manufacture the bombs or everyone blown up due in incorrect assembly, lack of knowledge, or faulty triggers. Then there are the duds.


The UXO guys were pretty busy when I was there.


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[Noggin]

One cannot win in Afghanistan. There will always be more recruits. So long as students are killed in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy a western power cannot win there.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/04/14/pakistani-student-killed-mob-campus
I do appreciate a big boom though.

EDIT: How would this compare to the Brit's old 10 ton blockbuster bombs? (they actually dropped some of these on the Tirpitz)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(bomb)

I do not wish to be critical but I think you have mixed up some WW2 bombs there. There were several "Blockbuster" or "Cookie" bombs used by RAF they started at 4,000lb and eventually reached 14,000lb all were thin cased surface blast bombs.

The bombs used on the Tirpitz were "Tallboys" these were were hardened steel deep penetration bombs, they were designed so that after being dropped from 20,000 feet the bomb would be spinning like a bullet and travelling transonic or faster when it hit the ground. Later in the war the Tallboys were replace by the 22,000lb "Grand Slam" Which was the heaviest bomb ever used during that war. However though the bomb total weight was 22,000lb it contained only about 9,000lb of explosive most of the remaining 13,000lb was the armoured steel casing designed to "drill" through 20+ feet of concrete like this