US’s ‘mother of all bombs’ has origins in WWII anti-Nazi weaponry

[TomSea]

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US’s ‘mother of all bombs’ has origins in WWII anti-Nazi weaponry
David Brunnstrom - Reuters, Washington Saturday, 15 April 2017

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 developed for use against Nazi targets in World War Two.

The 21,600-pound (9,797-kg) GBU-43 (Guided Bomb Unit), one of only 15 ever built, was developed after the U.S. military found itself without the ordnance needed to deal with al Qaeda tunnel systems in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden in 2001.

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The MOAB and the MOP owe their origins to massive "Tallboy" and "Grand Slam" bombs developed by the British in World War Two for use against Nazi targets such as V-1 and V-2 missile sites and the battleship Tirpitz.

Full Article: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/04/15/America-s-mother-of-all-bombs-has-origins-in-anti-Nazi-weapons.html

[Wingnut]

Nazi Germany was very good and making things that went Boom.

[EC]

It's grandfather is the Tallboy. It's father, however, is the daisycutters from Vietnam, used to clear large areas quickly.