doncb wrote:I think calling it the "Mother Of All Bombs" is a bit sexist. Bombs are usually thought of as male. Unless of course this one identifies itself as female. Or maybe it's a transgender bomb.

doncb wrote:I think calling it the "Mother Of All Bombs" is a bit sexist. Bombs are usually thought of as male. Unless of course this one identifies itself as female. Or maybe it's a transgender bomb.
parabelum wrote:BHill wrote:crazy2medic wrote:Just a FYI, this thing generates 142 psi of overpressure, that is 1,308,672 psi in a 4'×8' area!
Not sure your math is correct. 48*96*142 = 652,336 pounds and remains 142 psi regardless of square inches. Still a tremendous amount.
One single MOAB impacting the earth causes a force equivalent to Amy Schumer sitting down at a buffet table.
Ignoring the fact that it was more like close to 100 jihadis (and I hope the plane was piloted by a woman!), our ground pounders did not have to go all CQB and try to clear a dangerously booby trapped cave complex. And an ISIS CAC along with tons of materiel were destroyed, along with the complex itself.JRG wrote:Hmmm.........using a 2.5 million dollar bomb to kill 36 ISIS terrorists? That's $70,000 per terrorist.
Joe