The US dropped one of its largest bomb—GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast—which is non-nuclear on Eastern Afghanistan to flush out Islamic State targets. The GBU-43/B is also called the mother of all bombs to be engaged in combat in recent times.
According to news reports, one unit of this MOAB costs $16 million and weighs around 21,600 pounds. It was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, in close proximity to the Pakistan border by the Air Force Special Operations Command. The operation has been termed “very successful" which killed “at least" 36 ISIS fighters, added reports.
Numbers like-- a 21,600 pound bomb which is required to be delivered by the likes of Lockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft (one of the largest) and costs a staggering $16 million— might make the common man curious as to what could be the impact radius if this MOAB was dropped near their place of residence. Also read: India-Pak War? This Site Simulates Casualties if We Nuke Each Other
Alex Wellerstein, a Harvard-educated historian, who specializes on the history of nuclear weapons and government secrecy has a nuclear effects simulator on his website. This tool can provide a rough idea. GBU-43/B MOAB Target: Connaught Place, New Delhi
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