The Number Of ISIS Fighters Killed By The MOAB Is Nothing Short Of Staggering
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The Number Of ISIS Fighters Killed By The MOAB Is Nothing Short Of Staggering
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/15/th...#ixzz4eMaVLuEi
From the article...
...The U.S. dropped the "mother of all bombs" on ISIS's headquarters in Afghanistan after repeated efforts to expel the militants failed....
"This was the first time that we encountered an extensive obstacle to our progress," top U.S. general in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson told reporters Friday. He continued, "It was the right time to use it tactically against the right target on the battlefield."
The bomb used by the U.S. is designed to explode 6 feet before it hits the ground and collapses any underlying tunnels or caves. So far Afghan officials say "Twenty-two bodies were found in one cave, 60 in another and 10 bodies in a third."
"The earth felt like a boat in a storm," one villager who lived near the blast told The Guardian. He continued, "My ears were deaf for a while. My windows and doors are broken. There are cracks in the walls." Achin's Mayor Naweed Shinwari said, "my relatives thought the end of the world had come."
"Last night's bomb was really huge, when it dropped, everywhere, it was shaking," one resident told Reuters. He characterized the strike as a "positive move" to rid the village of ISIS fighters...
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
Yes, 15 years in Afghanistan and they are now getting it right.“It was the right time to use it tactically against the right target on the battlefield.”
uh huh ...yeah sure
From Wikipedia...
Former US military official Marc Garlasco, who served in the George W. Bush administration, reported that the US had never deployed the MOAB in combat until 2017, due to civilian casualty concerns.[12]
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The basic operational concept bears some similarity to the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, which was used to clear heavily wooded areas in the Vietnam War and in Iraq to clear mines and later as a psychological weapon against the Iraqi military.
After the psychological impact of the BLU-82 on enemy soldiers was witnessed, and no BLU-82 weapons remained, the MOAB was developed partly to continue the ability to intimidate Iraqi soldiers.
Pentagon officials had suggested their intention to use MOAB as an anti-personnel weapon, as part of the "shock and awe" strategy integral to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[13]
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MOAB was first tested with the explosive tritonal on 11 March 2003, on Range 70 located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It was tested again on 21 November 2003.[2]
Since 2003, 15 MOABs have been manufactured at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Oklahoma.[16][17]
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
Quest (04-17-2017)
Lessons learned in Viet Nam and Iraq... doh!
We'll never learn.
Fifteen years after 9/11 - why are we still in Afghanistan? What happened to "America First"?? We could finance the Meals on Wheels program with the money spent on the bombing of Syria - a bombing that accomplished nothing. (Just popping in - have a nice day everyone!!)