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JohnR
03-11-2003, 05:32 PM
"Massive Ordinance Air Blast" That's the official name of a test Air Force bomb - It's also called the "Mother Of All Bombs" :D

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Air Force tested a new 21,000-pound bomb Tuesday, dropping the device from a military transport plane over a test site at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida just after 2 p.m., U.S. officials told CNN.

Fishpart
03-12-2003, 09:19 AM
That's not 21,000 pounds heavy, but 21,000 pounds Net Explosive Weight (equivalent to 21K pounds of TNT)

OUCH!!!!!

striperjerk1
03-12-2003, 11:23 AM
funny according to cnn, they used it already in the gulf war in 1991. guess the news dont travel to fast. or they couldnt tell 1 bomb from another.

JohnR
03-12-2003, 06:18 PM
Nahh - those were smaller FAE bombs...