US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan

[the game]

Washington (CNN)The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.

A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said.
The MOAB is also known as the "mother of all bombs." A MOAB is a 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition that is America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb.
The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, operated by Air Force Special Operations Command, according to the military sources.
They said the target was an ISIS tunnel and cave complex as well as personnel in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province.
The military is currently assessing the damage. Gen. John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, signed off on the use of the bomb, according to the sources. Authority had to be sought from Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of US Central Command.
This is the first time a MOAB has been used in the battlefield, according to the US officials. This munition was developed during the Iraq War.

Good, fuck ISIS. Bout time we took the fight to them.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politi...omb/index.html

[burzian]

This'll be the last we see of those ISIS scoundrels!!!

[Alydael]

About time we stopped fighting these "wars" with both hands tied behind our backs. Maybe we'll actually be able to "win" now (or is that still not allowed?)

[Deleted]

The blast was a mile in every direction, fucking hell!

[Vizardlorde]

Doesnt larger bimb mean more civ casualties?

[Stormspellz]

Good, fuck ISIS. Bout time we took the fight to them.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politi...omb/index.html

we have literally haven't stopped bombing them, and "taking the fight to them". Just because we used the physically biggest bomb on what ever needed to be extra bbq'd doesn't change the last decade.

[DrMcNinja]

Weapon manufacturers will be rubbing their hands.

[Puupi]

How big of a blast it was compared to nuclear bombs? Like Hiroshima, that was what...15 kilotons? Or was it 25?

So was this MOAB thing about 10 kilotons more or less?

[zmp]

Doesnt larger bimb mean more civ casualties?

Who cares about collateral damage? - USA

[JohnBrown1917]

Doesnt larger bimb mean more civ casualties?

Like Trump and the American military give a shit about that.

[Yunru]

Abauth time:

[JohnBrown1917]

Weapon manufacturers will be rubbing their hands.

One thing they have in common with private prisons, they love Trump.

[Poopymonster]

Doesnt larger bimb mean more civ casualties?

There can't be any. It'll be spun as

There will be X male terrorists killed
Y female terrorists killed
Z terrorist children killed.

[the game]

Doesnt larger bimb mean more civ casualties?

There's civilian casualties in every war. Maybe Isis should stop hiding behind civilians

[Alvito]

Weapon manufacturers will be rubbing their hands.

In a completely unrelated side note Trump tower has opened up it's weapons R & D floor.

[GennGreymane]

The bombs not meant for ISIS, its for others to see.

[Azadina]

Doesnt larger bimb mean more civ casualties?

Sure, but how are more bombs going to sell if you don't radicalize more people after each bombing, thus running out of people to bomb?

[Yunru]

How big of a blast it was compared to nuclear bombs? Like Hiroshima, that was what...15 kilotons? Or was it 25?

So was this MOAB thing about 10 kilotons more or less?

1.5 mile is deadly. Or 2km 414m. Thats a blast radius.

[NED funded]

Who cares about collateral damage? - USA

There is a lot of fucking irony in that sentence coming from a russophile.

[Puupi]

Weapon manufacturers will be rubbing their hands.

Some posters on GenOT will be rubbing something different, that's how excited they are about glassing everything in that part of the world