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US uses its largest non-nuclear ordinance in Afghanistan. https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/us-drops-mother-of-all-bombs-in-afghanistan-marking-weapons-first-use/
dnotmindthetypo
That title tho. +1
GansoEstaMuerto
IcarusIdea
EODs are nuts
AnOldJudge
The paddles on the back remind me of those on the Space X first stage.
SniperTeamTango
This is not being talked about enough. This is a second big step forward after the chemical weapons issue. We are on a path to a bad place.
rfenton
Plus probable pre-emotive strike against a nuclear armed North Korea.
Wishiwasfey
Is this the MOAB in front of the armament museum in Shalimar, FL?
Killaska
Called the moab cause it creates a desert where ever it's dropped
BearRaid
So who got a 25 kill streak to call this thing in?
treybo5150
Secretary of War General Mattis!
ImadethistotalkaboutmodelUN
Bashar al Assad.
ImadethistotalkaboutmodelUN
Yes I know they're different countries and conflicts.
JustSquanching
Excellent play on words sir
DickMC
Banner116
I have the feeling his one didn't sound like 'pew pew pew!' and went more like 'Goodbye assholes'
ShamelessUpvoteWhore
Mother Of All Distractions
doombuggy
That title got me like
therealsiem
Me, too.
yzrocketman
Yep, same here.
LongDongShiverGiver
Same.
Shamrocker66
Me too. +1 for the title.
Klingon00
That depends on your definition of ISIS http://images.gawker.com/uwdvbeknmwghxmel5paz/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg
Vivificus
foxybelle
Wazaaaaahhh what??
WholesomeCrackwhoresForSale
how big is the blast radius on one of these?
Foopfoop
30
Caprin
MOAB are also psychological weapons meant to intimidate enemies. This was, in part, revenge for the recent death of a serviceman in the area
NotFarEnough
Conventional warfare doesn't work well to intimidate enemies when it's terrorism that's franchised across the globe
SharkShanker
Okay, thought I was about to get mad about this, but it looks like it was used correctly on the right spot without civilian casualties. Cool
plymouthvaliant
Well, now Russia will feel like they have to drop the FOAB.
lowersmark
Tru
Godo4
In Bloons Tower Defense they had MOABs is this the same thing?
GuaiLoh
Monkey On A Bike?
ZippyYeti
In Bloons it's the Mother of All Bombs.
MOTHERFUCKINGVIRGINMARY
Its actually massive ordinary air blimp
Godo4
*"Mother of all Bloons"
DontNeedAWeatherManToKnowWhichWayTheWindBlows
USAF MOAB : "Massive Ordnance Air Blast." Bloons: "Massive Ornary Air Blimp"
SankingDragon
alt, "mother of all bombs"
CloudberryMoose
They knew what they did with that name.
BetterThanToma
Mother of all bloons clearly
TheStormFury
martiniolives2
Odd how no one has said how successful this was.
WhiteTrashTiger
MOAR
skwint
"The area where the bomb was dropped is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated". Was. Was mostly mountainous and sparsely populated.
PermenantlyBannedClubMember
"Sparsely is gharsley" - Ogden Nash, maybe
SaffronTeabagPierogi
It's now an inland sea.
SidneyHarbor
The role of the MOAB is to propagate a shockwave that kills soft targets. It isn't meant as an Earth mover though.
SlickerThanNick
It is now a flat plain where many people are expected to resettle in a peaceful and vibrant community
floorbatter2010
Do we know if it actually did something then.
Vivificus
It is pretty sparsely populated now...
BlowinInTheWind
also less mountainous too
KtwoSO
And is now gently rolling hills..
acertainjenesaisquoi
More of a small ravine really.
LeastInterestingManInTheWorld
Mexican word of the day: sparse. When the bomb goes off, sparse over here and sparse over there.
AquaCrusher
Oh deous meeous
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ballsohard2202
That's not at all how it works, but thanks for spreading misinformation.
feeltheice
That's not what it's used for.
thegreatalan
I don't like trump, in fact, I veritably hate him, yet, this was technically the right bomb for the job so to speak.
AncientSeraph
It's not as if the president is actively deciding what specific ammunition is used for every single encounter...
thegreatalan
I don't even think he knew in advance for this one.
Fuzzlebutt
If he did he probably would of used whatever the absolute opposite of the right thing was, because he saw it in a movie.
TippiGordon
I wonder how many people became radical, anti-American jihadists because of that bomb.
MeatFlappers
I feel like we're going to see more negative affects from the use of this bomb. Long term I don't think the target was worth it.
Xerxes4242
Actually the size of your explosions means fuck all if you don't know how to really combat terrorism.
B0nerFarts
Just gotta send Dr. Manhattan after em.
Xerxes4242
Yeah more war crimes will fix everything, surely.
uitSCHOT
What kind off plane is used to carry/drop this?
breakingcode
Wright Flyer
WhoCaresAboutUsernamesAnyway
MC-130, I read the article.
dagdegan
People are excited about this? Is this considered a good thing?
EconomyWarf
If it hit terrorists and didn't cause any civilian casualties im fine with it. You lose my sympathy when you behead innocent people.
Foopfoop
What about vaporizing them?
B0nerFarts
Worked for Dr. Manhattan
Vivificus
I made no moral judgment with my post
BaconOnARock
Getting rid of terrorists? Yeah.
RexFury
This is some cold war sabre-rattling shit. This isn't going to end well
Foopfoop
I feel like there is a good reason we don't use these a lot
questionableanswers
and the americans getting a hardon for war as usual.
Mentallyhorsestable
Oh fuck yeah
Laroo333
Some of us are very saddened.
Tamaril
I'm not saddened but kind of scared. When people start dropping bombs, even if its for a good reason, could always lead to more bombs
Laroo333
Right. History shows us that violence begets violence almost always.
schopier
uneducated* Americans...anyone with half a brain knows terrorism can't be bombed into submission, and most times makes it more fervent
WiqidBritt
not all of us
revcleo
It sucks how few of you there are.
NotFarEnough
ThereAreDozensofUs.gif
ImgursLibertarian
I worked with the lead engineer on the MOAB project. Cool guy.
keyumdracula
Got any stories?
OliverClothesoff70
He could tell you, but then he'd have to kill you.
ImgursLibertarian
There was a project that had a plane mounted laser murder system that targeted only human eyes and burned the brains out...
ImgursLibertarian
But it couldn't differentiate civilian from hostile s
ImgursLibertarian
The moab is literally a giant bucket of explosives. No fancy technology. They hand load each one with buckets.
ImgursLibertarian
Complexity level: KFC 10 piece container.
ImgursLibertarian
Nuclear bomb complexity level: mechanical alarm clock
ImgursLibertarian
Hmm... most of the military research from 2003-2008 was making munitions less lethal. For example:
ImgursLibertarian
Make high quality accelerometers that can count floors. Bomb kills 3 people on the 4th floor of a 10 story building, less/no casualties.
ImgursLibertarian
Steel missile casings means deadly fragments. Civilian casualties miles away. .. so replace it with carbon fiber. Boom-dust.
ImgursLibertarian
That's all of those I know I can talk about.
ImgursLibertarian
Nuclear fusion is coming very soon.
ImgursLibertarian
Google Lockheed Martin CFR.
TedTheMan
Ya 10 to 15 years :)
ImgursLibertarian
Now go look at the advances in high temperature superconducting magnet technology
ImgursLibertarian
Pro-tip. If you want to build weapons, do mechanical, chemical or electrical engineering, or physics.
Mintie890
aye, Mechanical Engineers build Weapons, Civil Engineers build Targets.
ImgursLibertarian
If you want to build the most boss shit do this:
ImgursLibertarian
Dual bachelor's mechanical engineering and physics, intern at the afrl. Ph.d applied physics at the University of I'm not saying which.
ImgursLibertarian
Study condensed matter and focus HARD on phonon statistics/waveforms/theory etc.
ClockWork2011
1 mile blast radius and thats secondary to its propagation of shockwaves that destroy tunnels and bunkers. I'd love to see one of these live
PoweredbyOSengine
Not too close of course.
Shamrocker66
Also sucks the oxygen right out of those caves.
captainclutch
It would be the last thing you ever see
OliverClothesoff70
Here you go: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9yboqIGqx1qj9xato1_500.gif
Vivificus
Would you say your dying to see one?
ClockWork2011
Yes... I'd die with a smile on my face.
IAmJuanSanchezVillalobosRamirez
Untrue. The smile would start on your face but end in your ass as the shockwave hit
Zachakx
What if it was your family and not you?
TwistMyNipples
I'd be glad
TrendyGayShark
andwiththeclimaxbindthem
The dude isnt saying he wants to see one kill people. He just wants to see it in person. I for one have to agree.
Zachakx
Pretty sure he was romanticizing it. Apparently, according to his own words that he'd die with a smile on his face. Kind of a disconnect.
ClockWork2011
I would like to ask them what the fuck they are doing in/above ISIS tunnels but I can't. Cause they're dead.
Zachakx
Interesting that you romanticized it before but now you're all defensive about it.