A bomb twice the size of the one which was dropped on Hiroshima was dropped on Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Thursday. The blast radius is believed to be over 300 meters and the weapon is described as “the father of all bombs”.
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It is the very first time the weapon has been used in combat and a huge statement that Trump plans to deliver on his promise to “wipe ISIS off the face of the Earth”. The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the “mother of all bombs,” in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military said.
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The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb hit a “tunnel complex” in Achin district in Nangarhar province, US Forces Afghanistan said in a statement. The strike occurred at about 7:32 pm local time (1502 GMT). It was the first time this type of bomb had been used in combat and was dropped from an MC-130 aircraft, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said.