GBU-43/B MOAB - Wikipedia
On 13 April 2017, a MOAB was dropped [17] on an Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) cave complex in Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It was the first operational use of the bomb.
Why America Dropped 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS in Afghanistan - NBC News
2017年4月14日 · On Thursday, the U.S. carried out its most high-profile attack on the group, dropping the so-called "mother of all bombs," whose real name is the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or...
2017 Nangarhar airstrike - Wikipedia
The airstrike was carried out using the largest non-nuclear bomb in the United States' arsenal, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), with the goal of destroying tunnel complexes used by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP). [5] [6] [7] The bomb was dropped from the rear cargo door of a United States Air Force Lockheed MC-130.
First on CNN: US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
2017年4月13日 · A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of...
US military drops 'mother of all bombs on IS' in Afghanistan
2017年4月13日 · The US military says it has dropped a 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb on a tunnel complex used by Islamic State militants in Afghanistan. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), known as...
What Is the "Mother of All Bombs" That the U.S. Just Dropped …
2017年4月13日 · A Massive Ordnance Air Blast—or more commonly known as the "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB)—weapon is prepared for testing at the Eglin Air Force Armament Center on March 11, 2003. The MOAB is a...
U.S. military drops “Mother of All Bombs” on ISIS tunnel complex
2021年8月23日 · On April 13, 2017, American forces in Afghanistan drop one of the largest non-nuclear weapons ever used by the U.S. military. The “Mother of All Bombs” hits an Islamic State tunnel complex ...
U.S. drops "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan, marking ... - CBS News
2017年4月14日 · The U.S. dropped a bomb with an explosive force equal to 11 tons of TNT on a cave complex used by the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Thursday, the Pentagon...
Afghanistan: US defends dropping ‘mother of all bombs’ | CNN
2017年4月14日 · The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, was dropped Thursday night on a network of fortified underground tunnels that ISIS had been using to stage attacks on government...
U.S. Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan
2017年4月13日 · WASHINGTON — The United States dropped the “mother of all bombs” — the most powerful conventional bomb in the American arsenal — on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan on Thursday, the...