The U.S. military dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday just days after a Green Beret was killed fighting ISIS there, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News.
The GBU-43B, a 21,000-pound conventional bomb, was dropped in Nangarhar Province.
The MAOB (Massive Ordinance Air Blast) is also known as the “Mother Of All bombs.” It was first tested in 2003, but hadn’t been used before Thursday.
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Breaking News: U.S. drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan; called "mother of all bombs." https://t.co/wjslgjaUYZ pic.twitter.com/a8Cax3kJLd
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 13, 2017
FIRST ON CNN: The US has dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb in combat on Afghanistan https://t.co/ET0PLACzOe
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 13, 2017
Okay, but what's the explosive yield of a six-foot-tall human being? pic.twitter.com/pvOsQHkKsQ
— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) April 13, 2017
Pentagon video of “mother of all bombs” drop in Afghanistan https://t.co/NflH8bnnM1 pic.twitter.com/BhX4nw3SJZ
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 14, 2017
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