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[I'd sure like to see the before & after photo recon!]
FYI;
US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
(RNN) - The U.S Air Force dropped a MOAB bomb in the Nangahar Province in Afghanistan on a suspected ISIS target, military officials told CNN.
The bomb was dropped on a target in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan, near its border with Pakistan.
Called "the mother of all bombs," the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast is a large-yield conventional bomb.
The MOAB is 30 feet long and weight 21,000 pounds. It detonates about six feet off the ground, maximizing the range of its destructive power.
It leaves a blast radius of a mile in each direction.
This is apparently the first time the bomb has been used in combat, though it has been tested in various places, including at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.
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