U.S. Drops Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever Used In Combat

U.S. Drops Most Powerful Nonnuclear Bomb on ISIS

By HELENE COOPER and MUJIB MASHAL 8:58 PM ET

• The strike was the first use of the weapon and part of the Pentagon’s intense air campaign in Afghanistan against the militant group.
• Separately, the Pentagon said that an airstrike in Syria by the American-led coalition had killed 18 Syrian fighters allied with the United States.

BREAKING: Pentagon confirmed the first-ever use of the GBU-43 in combat, which has the equivalent of 11 tons of explosives.

US drops largest non-nuclear bomb on 'Islamic State' target in Afghanistan

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The nearly 22,000-pound "MOAB" was designed during the Iraq War but had never before been used on the battlefield.

U.S. Drops Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever Used In Combat

The so-called Mother of All Bombs was dropped Thursday in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says it hit an underground ISIS complex.

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