The United States has dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on a series of caves allegedly used by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to the Pentagon.

KEY FACTS
– Nicknamed the ‘Mother of all Bombs’

– The world’s largest non-nuclear weapon

– Each bomb costs around $16 million (£12.8 million)

– It took $314 million (£251 million) to develop

– It carries 8,164 kilograms of explosives

– Its explosion is equivalent to 11 tons of TNT and the blast radius is a mile wide

– By contrast, the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima had a blast yield of 15 tons of TNT

– First tested by US forces in 2003

– It is designed to destroy heavily reinforced targets or to shatter ground forces and armour across a large area

– 30 feet (9 metres) long and 40 inches (1 metre) wide

– Weighs 21,000lbs (9,500kg) – heavier than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb

– Leaves no lasting radiation effect

Deploying such a large bomb isn’t easy as even the world’s largest bombing aircraft can’t manage the Moab’s size and weight.

The bomb can only be deployed out of the back of large cargo plane using a unique system.

A parachute pulls the bomb out of the plane on a box-like pallet that quickly separates from the explosive.

Grid fins then extend from the body to help control the bomb’s descent.

It accelerates rapidly to its terminal velocity and is partially guided to its target via satellite.

Source http://www.focusngr.com/posts/heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mother-of-all-bombs/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTMcYHrAdl4

U.S. Drops "Mother Of All Bombs" In Afghanistan

The U.S. dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb, nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” against ISIS in Afghanistan. This is footage of the U.S. Air Force carrying out a test of the bomb in 2003.