U.S. Drops ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ For First Time On ISIS In Afghanistan
Credit: GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb: Air Force Materiel Command
A U.S. Special Operations MC-130 dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb the U.S. has ever deployed on Islamic State terrorists in a series of caves in Afghanistan, marking the first time the U.S. has used the 21,000-lb. so-called “Mother Of All Bombs” in combat. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast...
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