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Title: BREAKING: US drops LARGEST non-nuclear bomb in combat for FIRST time
Source: the Sun
URL Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat ... t-Bomb-ISIS-tunnel-Afghanistan
Published: Apr 13, 2017
Author: Tom Evans
Post Date: 2017-04-13 12:48:54 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 4322
Comments: 33

THE United States has dropped a Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb – the largest non-nuclear weapon in its arsenal – on an ISIS tunnel target in Afghanistan.

The bomb was dropped in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the Pentagon has confirmed.

The blast radius is believed to be over 300 meters and the weapon is described as "the father of all bombs".

It is the very first time the weapon has been used in combat.

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#1. To: cranky (#0)

That's got to be about the most tabloidy website I've seen. It ranks up there with Infowars.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-13   13:04:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Tooconservative (#1)

That's got to be about the most tabloidy website I've seen.

You appear to be unduly impressed by aesthetics.

cranky  posted on  2017-04-13   13:30:15 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: cranky, Gatlin, sneakypete (#3)

How about accuracy?

'The blast radius is believed to be over 300 meters and the weapon is described as "the father of all bombs".'

MOAB is stands for Mother Of All Bombs. The Russians have developed one that they claim is 4 times as powerful and that one is called the "Father Of All Bombs".

These are thermobaric bombs, something that came up recently on another thread.

Seriously, it's a bad article. It leaves readers less informed overall than if they hadn't read the article at all.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-13   14:05:48 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Tooconservative (#4)

Trump is allowing the generals to do something Obama never did.

That is, the commanders decide what to do and then go ahead and do it.

"Assign responsibility and delegate authority!"

“You da man,” Donald – “Git ‘er done” …

Gatlin  posted on  2017-04-13   14:34:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Gatlin (#5) (Edited)

Trump is allowing the generals to do something Obama never did.

That is, the commanders decide what to do and then go ahead and do it.

First use of a weapon we've kept in reserve in the arsenal since 2003?

I think Trump did give the order to use it.

That mushroom cloud image was a message too. For Iran, for NKorea. For Assad.

And of course the Pentagon has many many plans for using our weapons against our enemies. That's their job, to be ready to attack anything and everything if they're ordered to.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-13   15:56:17 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Tooconservative (#8)

Trump is allowing the generals to do something Obama never did.
That is, the commanders decide what to do and then go ahead and do it.

I think Trump did give the order to use it.

Nope….not Trump, the GC in Afghanistan made the decision.

I told you Trump was “assigning responsibility and delegating authority.”

Here is but one of the many places that I have seen these types of remarks:
Trump Has Freed U.S. Military From WH Micromanagement

Gatlin  posted on  2017-04-14   18:09:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Gatlin (#11)

Here is but one of the many places that I have seen these types of remarks:

Yeah, I saw the commander on TV.

Well, I guess it is legal if Trump just delegates all his command decisions to others. Apparently, that is what you prefer as well.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-14   18:17:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#13. To: Tooconservative (#12) (Edited)

Here is but one of the many places that I have seen these types of remarks:

Yeah, I saw the commander Lieutenant Colonel on TV.

Well, I guess it is legal if Trump just delegates all his command decisions to others.

Apparently, that is what you prefer as well.

“Prefer?”

Nah….“taught” that as a matter of policy and procedure.

Delegation of Authority –

The action by which a commander assigns part of his or her authority commensurate with the assigned task [the part of “assigned responsibility” when used with “delegate authority”] to a subordinate commander. While ultimate responsibility cannot be relinquished, delegation of authority carries with it the imposition of a measure of responsibility. The extent of the authority delegated must be clearly stated. One restriction to the delegation of authority is only the President can direct the use of nuclear weapons by U.S. armed forces. The President's order is subject to secondary confirmation by the Secretary of Defense.

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