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Filling weight. 18,739 lb (8,500 kg) Blast yield. 11 tons TNT (46 GJ) The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, / ˈmoʊæb /, colloquially explained as " mother of all bombs ") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory. [1][2] It was first tested in 2003.
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), [a] nicknamed "Father of All Bombs" (FOAB; Russian: "Папа всех бомб", Пвб[b]), is a Russian-designed, bomber -delivered thermobaric weapon. This weapon was claimed to be the most powerful conventional (non- nuclear) weapon in the world, more powerful than GBU-43/B Massive ...
The GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is a precision-guided, 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) "bunker buster" bomb used by the United States Air Force. [2] It is substantially larger than the deepest-penetrating bunker busters previously available, the 5,000-pound (2,300 kg) GBU-28 and GBU-37. It is designed to accomplish a difficult ...
April 14, 2017 at 4:45 PM. The 11-ton "mother of all bombs" dropped by U.S. forces on ISIS-linked fighters in Afghanistan is a highly specialized weapon with a heritage dating back to huge bombs ...
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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 used by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP). [5] [6] [7] The bomb was dropped from the rear cargo door of a United States Air Force Lockheed MC-130.
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The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, known under program "Commando Vault" and nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" in Vietnam for its ability to flatten a section of forest into a helicopter landing zone, was an American 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) conventional bomb, delivered from either a C-130 or MC-130 transport aircraft or a CH-54 heavy-lift "Skycrane" helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry.