The National Interest

Why Should America’s Enemies Fear The GBU-43/B MOAB? The Taliban Learned The Hard Way Way

Key point: Of course, none of these conventional weapons comes close to the power of a nuclear weapon. The United States Air Force has dropped one of the largest non-nuclear bombs ever built on an ...
The National Interest

There Is No Hiding From The Air Force’s GBU-43 ‘Mother Of All Bombs’

Key point: The Air Force is currently developing a Next Generation Penetrator Munition to replace the MOP as enemy fortifications become ever more hardened and deeply buried. The United States Air ...
Bustle

The "Mother Of All Bombs" Isn't Cheap

After Pentagon officials confirmed that the United States dropped its largest non-nuclear weapon from its military arsenal against a reported "large contingent" of the Islamic State in the province of ...
WBEZ

US Drops 'Mother Of All Bombs' in Afghanistan

This image made from a Thursday, April 13, 2017 video released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb strike on an Islamic State militant cave and tunnel ...
The Diplomat

GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast

The U.S. Air Force has dropped one of its largest non-nuclear bombs ever built on an ISIS tunnel network in Afghanistan.