- GBU-43 B MOAB - Wikipedia
The GBU-43 B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, ˈ m oʊ æ b , colloquially explained as "mother of all bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L Weimorts, Jr of the Air Force Research Laboratory
- The MOAB Bomb: A Massive Force, But No Match for Nukes
The MOAB bomb, officially known as the GBU-43 B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, is indeed a force to be reckoned with Weighing in at 21,000 pounds, it's designed to unleash a devastating explosion, primarily for targeting tunnel complexes and hardened above ground bunkers
- GBU-43 B MOAB | Air Force Armament Museum Foundation
The GBU-43 B MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb, nicknamed “Mother Of All Bombs” is a large, powerful and accurately delivered high explosive weapon The MOAB is the largest-ever satellite-guided, air-delivered weapon in history
- ‘Mother of All Bombs’ (MOAB) Blast Radius vs. the Largest . . .
This Thursday, the United States dropped the MOAB in anger for the first time But just how big is the largest conventional bomb in the USAF's arsenal? It’s called the GBU-43 B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, nicknamed the Mother of All Bombs, and it is the largest non-nuclear bomb currently in the U S Air Force’s arsenal
- GBU-43 B Mother Of All Bombs - GlobalSecurity. org
The GBU-43 B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb [MOAB] weapon is a 21,000 lbs total weight GPS-guided munition with fins and inertial gyro for pitch and roll control
- The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to Destroy . . .
The solution is a bomb that weighs 30,000 pounds, about as much as a city bus, but that is compressed into a cylinder roughly 20 feet long and 2 5 feet thick Since the Israel-Iran conflict broke
- What to Know About the GBU-43 B, ‘Mother of All Bombs’
The “Mother of All Bombs,” the GBU-43 B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in America’s arsenal, and it was used for the first time in combat on April 13 in Afghanistan against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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