Web13. apr 2024 · The bomb, officially called the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said,... Web27. apr 2024 · The BBC's Auliya Atrafi found fighting continues close to where the MOAB hit On 13 April the US dropped one of its largest non-nuclear bombs on a tunnel complex …

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The bomb was dropped from the rear cargo door of a United States Air Force Lockheed MC-130. On 15 April 2024, Afghan officials reported that 96 ISIL-KP militants, including four commanders, were killed in the strike. [8] Background [ edit] Zobraziť viac The 2024 Nangarhar airstrike refers to the American bombing of the Achin District located in the Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. On 13 April 2024, the United States … Zobraziť viac The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced the establishment of its Khorasan branch in January 2015, which was the first time … Zobraziť viac The blast detonated at 7:32 pm local time in the Achin district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to the U.S. military. It was reported by The Guardian that "a local … Zobraziť viac On 27 April, two US Special Operations personnel were killed fighting Islamic State in Nangarhar region near where the MOAB was dropped. A third U.S. service member was … Zobraziť viac The GBU-43/B MOAB is a 9,800 kg (21,600 lbs), GPS-guided bomb, the most powerful conventional bomb in the US military's arsenal. It was first tested in March 2003, just days before the start of the Iraq War and is an evolutionary follow-up to the 6,800 kg Zobraziť viac The Guardian reported that following the strike, US and Afghan forces conducted clearing operations and airstrikes in the area and … Zobraziť viac Afghanistan Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, said the strike was "designed to support the efforts of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)" and … Zobraziť viac Web14. apr 2024 · The “MOAB” produces shock, overpressure and blast effects equal to tactical nuclear weapons without residual radioactive fallout or the political ramifications … ladenlokal ransbach-baumbach

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Web13. apr 2024 · The US military has just dropped a big bomb in Afghanistan. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also called the “mother of all bombs” or MOAB for short, is … Web29. júl 2016 · The Guinness Book of Records, however, lists Vesna Vulović, then a 22-year-old Serbian flight attendant, as holding the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute—a 33,333-foot... WebOn 13 April 2024, the United States conducted an airstrike and used the largest non- nuclear bomb in its arsenal, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), with the goal of destroying tunnel complexes used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP or ISIS-K), a branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ladenlokal bergkamen