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JohnR

03-11-2003 05:32 PM

MOAB

"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/spr...oab/index.html

Quote:

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...

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