AFGHANISTAN USA DEFENSE MOAB

Use of GBU-43 bomb for the first time against so called Islamic State target in Afghanistan

epa05907076 Afghan security officials take position during an operation against so-called Islamic State (or IS or ISIS) after the US Airforce dropped a GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) on a so-called Islamic State (IS) militant cave complex, in the Asad Khel area of Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 14 April 2017. A Pentagon spokesman announced on 13 April 2017 the use of a GBU-43 bomb for the first time on the battlefield against caves used by so-called Islamic State (IS) in eastern Afghanistan's Nangahar province. The MOAB is a precision-guided munition weighing 22,600 pounds. It is the largest non-nuclear conventional weapon in the US military's arsenal. EPA/GHULAMULLAH HABIBI

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