The US Military Has Just Dropped the Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever Used, on an ISIS Target
‘Mother Of All Bombs’
The U.S. military has just dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used on ISIS, in Afghanistan. The bomb reportedly has a 1-mile radius. It’s unknown what the exact target was, why now, how many casualties there were, among other questions.Â
Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump “says it was the first-ever combat use of the bomb, known as the GBU-43, which he said contains 11 tons of explosives,” the AP reports. Known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, it is nicknamed the “Mother Of All Bombs.”
BREAKING: US military drops 21,000-pound non-nuclear bomb — known as the “mother of all bombs†— in Afghanistan https://t.co/EOji2tjxzi pic.twitter.com/VlQNjTRnqa
— CNN (@CNN) April 13, 2017
The bomb’s target was ISIS tunnels and personnel. It’s the first time it has ever been used in combat. https://t.co/UXsqqivkIx pic.twitter.com/53sG9Cxx4H
— CNN (@CNN) April 13, 2017
.@JenGriffinFNC breaks down details on bomb dropped in Afghanistan and the surrounding area. pic.twitter.com/lAPVgxqdVD
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 13, 2017
UPDATE I: 1:24 PM EDT –
CENTCOM after U.S. drops GBU-43 bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan: U.S. “will continue offensive operations until ISIS-K is destroyed.” pic.twitter.com/qyrNXhpQbu
— ABC News (@ABC) April 13, 2017
UPDATE II: 1:28 PM EDT –
.@PressSec says U.S. forces used GBU-43 bomb on “a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely” in Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/kWPwMiYLMs
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 13, 2017
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