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Originally Posted by VRPdommy
This bomb was commissioned to be built in 2003 when the previous MOAB failed to penetrate the dwelling hide-outs of the Taliban in those mountainous cave dwellings.
It was considered to be the primary weapon to take out Iran's underground nuclear installations.
So by the time real development was done for it, that was the primary target for it's specs under the Obama admin.
I do more than watch/read the news, I understand it as it presents itself. But you can't pick and choose what you read and expect to understand.
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You apparently choose to not have the correct info at all on this bomb.
Quick googling shows that there are only 15 of them in existence (14 now). And they were all built in 2003 by the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. One of them was originally moved to the Persian Gulf in 2003.
The military has tested it (dropped it from a plane and exploded it) twice back in 2003. They weren't "testing" anything in Afghanistan.
The Obama Administration had nothing to do with that bomb or it's "specifications" as you erroneously posted.
Here is a link for you to educate yourself:
What is the ?mother of all bombs,' and what does it do?
And here is link to a CNN report from 2003 when the tests were conducted:
CNN.com - U.S. tests massive bomb - Mar. 11, 2003
And furthemore...you are wrong in saying this: "It was considered to be the primary weapon to take out Iran's underground nuclear installations"
The MOAB was created and tested to scare the shit out or Iraq. It was used to demoralize the Iraqis and make them easier to beat. They never even had to drop it in Iraq.
The military has "bunker buster" bombs that are designed to do what you incorrectly thought the MOAB does. Read that first link...it explains in great detail what the MOAB is designed to do.
And that's what the General who actually used it is saying they used it for in Afghanistan. It's designed to send a message to our enemies by it's sheer destructive capability. Will it work? I don't know.
But I do know that you are 100% wrong in your contentions about what the bomb is for and who built it. President Obama did NOT have anything to do with that bomb and the 15 (now 14) in existence were ALL built in 2003.