In Brief: Air Force tests Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb

MOAB TEST: The U.S. Air Force on March 11 conducted the first live test of the 21,000-pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb. The conventional weapon, a follow-on to the 15,000-pound "Daisy Cutter" used in Afghanistan (DAILY, March 7), detonated on a range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., after...

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