US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan

[Sankpal]

good job done by US....

all terrorists should be killed whether Taliban or isis....

 

[Hindustani78]

It is America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb

- The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, operated by Air Force Special Operations Command

- This is the first time a MOAB has been used in the battlefield

 

[Hamza913]

surprised this is getting no coverage on the BBC

Check again.

 

[Hamza913]

I hope this doesn't go unpunished...

 

[Clutch]

Excellent news... all Indian sponsored TTP/ISIS sent to hell!

 

[WaLeEdK2]

I thought the FOAB by Russia was the largest non nuclear bomb?

 

[Hamza913]

Made sure civilians are not affected: US Press Secretary on bomb drop:

HOGWASH!

These pigs are getting smarter and will hide civilian casualties this time, they've learnt from previous events.

Hopefully they get bitten back just as hard sometime soon inshallah.

 

[Hold up]

Russia and China should keep tabs on the US. Otherwise who knows what they might end up using it for

 

[Cthulhu]

The U.S under Trump's administration has gone full Yankee again, we better watch out.

 

[ashok321]

Trump administration dropped a bomb on Afghanistan costing $314M on a population of about 1,436,000.

 

[Beny Karachun]

The U.S under Trump's administration has gone full Yankee again, we better watch out.

You specifically

 

[A.M.]

Where are the users now who mocked me for suggesting that the shackles are off the US army?

 

[Hindustani78]

This photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/worl...clear-bomb-in-afghanistan-targeting-isis.html

The U.S. military headquarters in Kabul said in a statement that the bomb was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time Thursday on a tunnel complex in Achin district of Nangarhar province, where the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State group has been operating.

Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a written statement that the strike was designed to minimize the risk to Afghan and U.S. forces conducting clearing operations in the Achin area "while maximizing the destruction" of IS fighters and facilities. He said IS has been using improvised explosive devices, bunkers and tunnels to strengthen its defenses.

"This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive against ISIS-K," he added, using the U.S. military's acronym for the IS affiliate.

 

[ashok321]

https://twitter.com/x/status/852583934118420480

 

[ashok321]

U.S. drops MOAB, 'Mother of All Bombs,' in Afghanistan
WATCH: Test of MOAB, 'Mother of All Bombs,' the U.S. largest non-nuclear bomb
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.783372