http://www.metafilter.com/tags/massiveordnanceairblast Posts tagged with 'massiveordnanceairblast' at MetaFilter. Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:47:56 -0800 Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:47:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/24220/moab%2Dbomb <a href="http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=997341&pic=none&TP=getarticle">MOAB</a> (Massive Ordnance Air Blast), privately known in military circles as "the mother of all bombs," carries 18,000 pounds of tritonal explosives. It replaces the Vietnam-era <a href="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm">"Daisy Cutter"</a> a 12,600-pound bomb. It was tested in public for the first time today in Eglin Air Force base, Florida as PR to <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&e=3&u=/ap/20030312/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_military">send Iraq a message</a> (plus video). It is the largest conventional bomb in existence. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24220 Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:47:56 -0800 bombs massiveordnanceairblast moab weapons stbalbach