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MOAB Massive Ordnance Air Blast

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House during an event for first responders, October 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
October 16, 2026, 10:48 am
Trump when asked whether he trusts Netanyahu: ‘In politics I don’t trust anybody’
US president says Israeli officials want him him to be involved in Netanyahu’s reelection campaign; says US won’t nuke Iran as he considers dropping ‘Mother of All Bombs’
By ToI Staff
In this May 2004 photo, a group gathers around a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast (MOAB) weapon, on display at the Air Force Armament Museum on Eglin Air Force Base near Valparaiso, Fla. (Mark Kulaw/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
October 15, 2026, 4:55 pm
Report: US military has plan to deploy largest bomb against Iran if fighting resumes
GBU-43/B, dubbed ‘mother of all bombs,’ could be used, CNN reports; Trump jokes he may have killed ‘too many’ Iranian leaders as Tehran accuses US of fomenting unrest
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh. (Screen capture: YouTube/MEMRITVVideos)
September 17, 2017, 2:48 am
Iranian Revolutionary Guard says it has ‘father of all bombs’
Aerospace wing and missile program head General Amir Ali Hajizadeh touts 10-ton missile he says is comparable to US-made MOAB
By ToI Staff
In this photograph taken on April 11, 2017, smoke rises after an air strike by US aircraft on positions during an ongoing an operation against Islamic State (IS) in the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. (AFP PHOTO / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
April 15, 2017, 12:11 pm
IS death toll hits 90 from huge US bomb in Afghanistan
US-led forces conduct clean-up operations in Nangarhar province after hitting terror group with largest non-nuclear ordnance
By Naimatullah Karyab
The moment when a US massive ordnance air blast (MOAB) bomb is dropped on an Islamic State cave and tunnel system in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 13, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)
April 15, 2017, 3:39 am
Officials: No need for Trump’s approval to use massive bomb
Pentagon source: ‘Mother of all Bombs’ was dropped in Afghanistan to underline to Islamic State that US determined to wipe it out militarily
By Robert Burns
The moment when a US massive ordnance air blast (MOAB) bomb is dropped on an Islamic State cave and tunnel system in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 13, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)
April 14, 2017, 5:50 pm
The mother of all fallout
One blast catches the eye of the tabloids, while Haaretz analyses Trump’s policies in Syria and their potential consequences for Israel
By Ilan Ben Zion
The moment when a US massive ordnance air blast (MOAB) bomb is dropped on an Islamic State cave and tunnel system in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 13, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)
April 14, 2017, 9:15 am
‘Mother of bombs’ killed 36 Islamic State fighters
Afghan officials say the US’s largest non-nuclear device destroyed cave complex, caused no civilian casualties
By AFP
A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast weapon on display outside the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (Wikipedia/Fl295/public domain)
April 13, 2017, 8:25 pm
US drops largest non-nuclear bomb on IS target in Afghanistan
In first combat use of weapon, 11-ton ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ used in strike on jihadist cave complex
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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