Author Topic: Breaking: US military has dropped most powerful non-nuclear US bomb (Read 5111 times)

mystery-ak · « **on:** April 13, 2017, 04:49:26 pm »

David Wright‏ @DavidWright_CNN

Breaking: US military has dropped most powerful non-nuclear US bomb, MOAB, targeting ISIS in Nangarhar, Afghanistan -- first ever combat use

US military has dropped the largest non-nuclear weapon in its arsenal—21,000 lb. GBU-43 “mother of all bombs”—on ISIS complex in Afghanistan

TomSea · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2017, 04:54:30 pm »

Remarkable, quite a scoop.

https://twitter.com/DavidWright_CNN

Yes, there's the tweet. Good work.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2017, 04:54:57 pm »

mystery-ak · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:01:23 pm »

US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan after Green Beret killed

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/13/us-drops-largest-non-nuclear-bomb-in-afghanistan-after-green-beret-killed.html

Wingnut · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:03:18 pm »

Mini SMOD.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:04:41 pm »

1 mile blast radius...wow

endicom · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:08:50 pm »

It's green and has a windmill. Damn that Al Gore.

EC · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:11:33 pm »

Subtle, Jim. Very subtle.

TomSea · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:14:28 pm »

Then, eventually, we may have video of this attack.

Sanguine · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:15:42 pm »

TomSea · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:17:05 pm »

Did ISIS think they had a secret compound? I wonder how many of these we have in stock.

Idiot · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:18:54 pm »

Holy Cow!

catfish1957 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:19:19 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on April 13, 2017, 04:49:26 pm

Breaking: US military has dropped most powerful non-nuclear US bomb, MOAB, targeting ISIS in Nangarhar, Afghanistan -- first ever combat use

Good timing considering the Goofy MF NK punk despot has his hands on his joy stick.

EC · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:19:45 pm »

ISIS has nothing that would require using a MOAB. Hell, ISIS hasn't much that require 500 lb bombs.

It's purely a message to Lil Kim - "we don't need nukes to remove your shithole city from history."

Idiot · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:21:32 pm »

Quote from: EC on April 13, 2017, 05:19:45 pm

ISIS has nothing that would require using a MOAB. Hell, ISIS hasn't much that require 500 lb bombs.

It's purely a message to Lil Kim - "we don't need nukes to remove your shithole city from history."

Trump seems to be depleting our weapons at a pretty fast pace here. Time to invest in weapon stocks.

ABX · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:24:11 pm »

Quote from: EC on April 13, 2017, 05:19:45 pm

ISIS has nothing that would require using a MOAB. Hell, ISIS hasn't much that require 500 lb bombs.

It's purely a message to Lil Kim - "we don't need nukes to remove your shithole city from history."

I thought there were a lot of deep tunnels they have been using. Giving the benefit of the doubt that this was more than just a message, maybe there was some intelligence of a high value target (be it a person(s) or object) buried deep in the tunnels.

catfish1957 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:25:17 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on April 13, 2017, 05:04:41 pm

1 mile blast radius...wow

I wonder how often Google Earth updates that part of the globe?

ABX · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:27:37 pm »

Quote from: catfish1957 on April 13, 2017, 05:25:17 pm

I wonder how often Google Earth updates that part of the globe?

I checked USGS earthquake notifications as well.

Sanguine · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:29:09 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on April 13, 2017, 05:27:37 pm

I checked USGS earthquake notifications as well.

Did you get anything?

EC · « **Reply #19 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:29:28 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on April 13, 2017, 05:24:11 pm

I thought there were a lot of deep tunnels they have been using. Giving the benefit of the doubt that this was more than just a message, maybe there was some intelligence of a high value target (be it a person(s) or object) buried deep in the tunnels.

Doesn't matter how deep the tunnels are. The entrances are on the surface. Couple 88mm rockets plugs them very nicely indeed. Repeat every 6 hours or so to kill the digging crews.

ABX · « **Reply #20 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:31:20 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on April 13, 2017, 05:29:09 pm

Did you get anything?

no, but I don't know what they have in terms of public detection in the area. There was a 4+ in Turkey about the same time, but they have earthquakes there all the time and that's several thousand miles away.

Sanguine · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:32:49 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on April 13, 2017, 05:31:20 pm

no, but I don't know what they have in terms of public detection in the area. There was a 4+ in Turkey about the same time, but they have earthquakes there all the time and that's several thousand miles away.

I would think it would have set some instruments off. I'll look too.

flowers · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:34:40 pm »

Boom, take that isis, new sheriff in town. take one of ours, we take many of yours!!!

David Wright Retweeted
Garance Franke-Ruta‏Verified account @thegarance 54m54 minutes ago

Re: report on MOAB use, worth recalling Trump did promise, tho re: ISIS, to "bomb the shit out them." http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/11/13/trumps_updated_isis_plan_bomb_the_shit_out_of_them_send_exxon_in_to_rebuild.html …

Maj. Bill Martin · « **Reply #23 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:37:23 pm »

Quote from: EC on April 13, 2017, 05:29:28 pm

Doesn't matter how deep the tunnels are. The entrances are on the surface. Couple 88mm rockets plugs them very nicely indeed. Repeat every 6 hours or so to kill the digging crews.

Well...that was kind of the same thing the air guys told Marines in the Pacific. Didn't work.

We likely don't even know where all the entrances are, some may be in positions that offer only limited flight paths, and may be defended by enough assets to make it too dangerous for low-level attacks. The MOAB is going to get the stuff we can see, plus all the stuff we can't see. And from a safer altitude.

r9etb · « **Reply #24 on:** April 13, 2017, 05:38:25 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on April 13, 2017, 05:04:41 pm

1 mile blast radius...wow

Which makes it an indiscriminate weapon. For a variety of reasons, here's hoping the blast area didn't cover a significant civilian presence.

Author Topic: Breaking: US military has dropped most powerful non-nuclear US bomb (Read 5111 times)

Wingnut