Air Force Renews Interest in Large, Precision-Guided Weapons

Testing of a precision-guided, 10-ton glide bomb designed to maneuver into narrow valleys to attack the well-hidden entrances of caves and tunnels with a massive blast wave will resume next month. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon was rushed into service early in the year for the...

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