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[JHoNNy1OoO]

Allot of people going nuts, but something to bear in mind is that this only a single bomb, not a whole bombardment, and that said I'm having a tough time finding footage or details on how wide and destructive the blast actually is.

It's in the OP. Has a mile radius destruction. This ain't no joke.

 

[Selddon]

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

I'm on mobile, so I don't know how readable​ this is.

 

[jfkgoblue]

Trump is trying to flex the US's muscles to help with his issues with China and NK. Now if that is the correct move....

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

Cause why not use a MOAB before your kicked outta office so you can brag to your rich friends at Mar A Lago about the big booms you dropped?

Daisy Cutters are specifically MADE for clearing tunnels and such. Like what even is this news anymore..

 

[Jezbollah]

Allot of people going nuts, but something to bear in mind is that this only a single bomb, not a whole bombardment, and that said I'm having a tough time finding footage or details on how wide and destructive the blast actually is.

Well, the video in the OP states that the blast radius a mile in each direction..

 

[Loxley]

A blast radius of one mile? Holy shit

 

[ThatStupidLion]

how much did this one cost us?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

When was the last time we used this bomb?

 

[MMarston]

When was the last time we used this bomb?

Command and Conquer Generals.

 

[RoKKeR]

When was the last time we used this bomb?

Modern Warfare 3.

Spoiler

Never been used in combat.

 

[sirap]

If all it did was take out ISIS targets, I'm all for it. Why threaten our soldiers lives to try and take them out in an extended firefight, or risk many escaping from a conventional bombing where they could live to rape and murder another day? As long as the bomb is not nuclear and no innocents lives are lost, I don't have an issue.

I would love to live in this fantasy world.

 

[kswiston]

When was the last time we used this bomb?

Test fields.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

How many civilians did we just murder?

 

[pxleyes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9H50tHiHjs

 

[kmfdmpig]

Cause why not use a MOAB before your kicked outta office so you can brag to your rich friends at Mar A Lago about the big booms you dropped?

Daisy Cutters are specifically MADE for clearing tunnels and such. Like what even is this news anymore..

The Daisy Cutter was retired a decade ago and replaced by this.

I hope that this was in the middle of nowhere with no non-ISIS people around.

 

[tuxfool]

Cause why not use a MOAB before your kicked outta office so you can brag to your rich friends at Mar A Lago about the big booms you dropped?

Distract them from the bad fish:

Undercooled meat. Dangerous fish. Health inspectors zing Trump's Mar-a-Lago kitchen.

 

[Xando]

Command and Conquer Generals.

More like modern warfare 3

 

[Arkeband]

"What's the biggest most luxurious bomb we have? Use it."

 

[jviggy43]

Christ, I hope they hit actual ISIS soldiers and not civilians.

A mile blast radius more than likely means that civiliians were hit.

 

[kswiston]

It's in the OP. Has a mile radius destruction. This ain't no joke.

Seems high for 11 tons of TNT when nuclear bombs are measured in kilotons or megatons. I guess it goes to show you how powerful nuclear bombs are in comparison to the conventional variety.

 

[shawnbuddy]

Nukes are next!

 

[Foffy]

Jesus... :/

 

[wesleyshark]

Wooooowwwww

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

A lot of generals don't want to do this. Most of the generals still have a very clear memory of what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan. McMaster himself is said to be very respectful of Muslims and thinks treating them as dangerous and painting them as the enemy is the stupidest thing the US could do as we have to work with these people after the fighting is over.

While I certainly believe this, there are still a lot of gung-ho generals out there. Someone had to bring these options up and I have a hard time believing Trump is actually putting much thought into this stuff. I can see him swinging his golf club while someone's reading him off some memo and he's just "Whatever, just get the job done". Trump's laziness has got to make him the biggest rubber stamp ever. The right person strokes his ego, he'll sign off on almost anything (as long as it doesn't help minorities in any way).

 

[ThatStupidLion]

A mile blast radius more than likely means that civiliians were hit.

I mean...depends where it hit, Afganistan can be pretty barren

 

[iMax]

When was the last time we used this bomb?

This is the first time (excluding testing obviously)

 

[Kinyou]

"A blast radius stretching a mile in each direction"

Holy crap. Hard to even really imagine.

 

[Santiako]

Jesus, that is scary.

 

[Auctopus]

Here is the MOAB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9H50tHiHjs

Wow at the "Latest Comments" on that video.

 

[guek]

You're probably thinking of the FOAB.

It's four times as powerful as a MOAB.

Supposedly, but a lot of military experts think that's an exaggeration by the Russians.

For comparison, FOAB reportedly has a blast yield of 44 tons of TNT, MOAB is 11 tons, Little Boy was 15 kilotons

 

[shamanick]

guided by the beauty of our weapons

 

[LordOfChaos]

Is this the same weapon that weapon the Russians have that isn't a Nuke but the second "best" thing?

Since then, Russia has tested its "Father of All Bombs", which is claimed to be four times as powerful as the MOAB.[3]

Classic Russia, lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast

 

[The Salt Life]

Must have had some good intel

 

[Kindekuma]

I misread that as "Drops its largest nuclear bomb" and nearly shat a brick. But dude, holy shit.

 

[kswiston]

Supposedly, but a lot of military experts think that's an exaggeration by the Russians.

For comparison, FOAB reportedly has a blast yield of 44 tons of TNT, MOAB is 11 tons, Little Boy was 15 kilotons

Tsar Bomba was 57 megatons. So over 5 million times what this bomb was in terms of released energy.

 

[Elandyll]

Between the use of term "Non Nuclear" and the possible religious/ cultural impact these kind of actions have, couldn't help but think of EVA.

Hopefully we're not headed that way.

 

[Artanisix]

>blast radius of one mile

what the actual fuck

 

[canoli2006]

Did Trump need to seek congressional approval to drop a bomb of this magnitude?

 

[toxicgonzo]

"What's the biggest most luxurious bomb we have? Use it."

Air force: What do you want?

Trump: I want the largest non-nuclear bomb

Air force: Say no more.

 

[ced]

This is the first time this bomb has been used outside of testing?

 

[Mesoian]

Christ, I hope they hit actual ISIS soldiers and not civilians.

There's pretty much no way.

 

[E-Cat]

Every news station in America wants to have sex with this bomb, don't they?

 

[backflip10019]

>blast radius of one mile

what the actual fuck

Holy shit.

This is the first time this bomb has been used outside of testing?

Yes.

 

[e_i]

It's only a matter a time before we start using real nukes on somebody.

 

[Aikidoka]

Did Trump need to seek congressional approval to drop a bomb of this magnitude?

No, not really. But in any case bombing terrorists in Afghanistan may be covered by the congressional approval given back when Bush was in office.

 

[LifEndz]

Good lord. His taste for blood knows no limits.

 

[zethren]

I'm not looking forward to this damage report.

 

[darkness_s]

Just to get a better idea of the blast radius of this bomb, this is how it looks over NYC:

 

[gatormatt]

How many civilians did we just murder?

The sad truth...

I had a feeling Trump would start to resort to this type of action after receiving the apparent approval from most that he did the right thing in Syria. He now believes that all he has to do is drop bombs to get a positive news cycle. This guy puts no serious thought into anything...