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 …
Why America Dropped 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS in Afghanistan - NBC News
Apr 14, 2017 · 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 …
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 …
First on CNN: US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
Apr 13, 2017 · 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 …
US military drops 'mother of all bombs on IS' in Afghanistan
Apr 13, 2017 · 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 …
What Is the "Mother of All Bombs" That the U.S. Just Dropped …
Apr 13, 2017 · 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 …
U.S. military drops “Mother of All Bombs” on ISIS tunnel complex
Aug 23, 2021 · 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 …
U.S. drops "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan, marking ... - CBS News
Apr 14, 2017 · 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 …
Afghanistan: US defends dropping ‘mother of all bombs’ | CNN
Apr 14, 2017 · 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 …
U.S. Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan
Apr 13, 2017 · WASHINGTON — The United States dropped the “mother of all bombs” — the most powerful conventional bomb in the American arsenal — on an Islamic State cave …