In that role, the GBU-57 has displaced the smaller—but far more famous—Massive Ordnance Air Blast, popularly known as the ...

This Massive Ordnance Air Blast weapon affectionately is nicknamed the Mother of All Bombs (MOAB). America’s most powerful non-atomic armament blasted these catacombs of hate with the equivalent ...

Air raids in World War II proved just how devastating aircraft could be. In response, militaries worldwide began digging deep ...

Putin's monster explosive is known officially as the Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power and is reportedly four times bigger than MOAB. It carries 44 tons of TNT and explodes in the same ...

April 13 is considered to be one of the darkest days of India’s freedom struggle. Hundreds of unsuspecting men, women and ...

Without U.S.-provided heavy bunker busters, notably the GBU-57 30,000-pound bomb, the effectiveness of Israeli airstrikes will remain in question. Still, the IAF has some systems that can do a ...

The officials said a single, 21,000-pound MOAB bomb has been moved to an undisclosed forward base. "I can confirm the MOAB is now in [the] theater," a Pentagon official told CNN. "But I can't ...

Referred to it as the "Chinese version of the 'Mother of All Bombs,'" this massive aerial bomb is reportedly China's largest non-nuclear bomb, the Global Times explained Thursday, citing a report ...

The bomb has been nicknamed the "mother of all bombs," a twist on the acronym MOAB, standing for Massive Ordnance Air Blast. White House press secretary Sean Spicer says the weapon was chosen to ...

The new BRU-78 Dual Carriage System allows the MQ-9 Reaper to carry two bombs on a single hardpoint, doubling the number of free fall weapons it can employ in combat. The U.S. Air Force has ...

In that role, the GBU-57 has displaced the smaller—but far more famous—Massive Ordnance Air Blast, popularly known as the “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB). The GBU-57 is officially known as ...