Citat:BREAKING: US drops GBU-43/B, largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan in anti-ISIS (CNN reported they're ISIS-affiliated, not ISIS per se) operation. First for battlefield.
Breaking: US military has dropped most powerful non-nuclear US bomb, MOAB, targeting ISIS in Nangarhar, Afghanistan -- first ever combat use
-MOAB - also known as ‘Mother of all bombs" - a 21,600 lbs munition; dropped Thursday & US military currently assessing damage
-Gen. John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, signed off on use of the bomb; was developed during the Iraq War but never used
-Target was ISIS tunnels & personnel in Achin district of Nangarhar; dropped by MC-130 operated by Air Force special operations command
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