‘Mother of all bombs’: US drops biggest non-nuclear weapon ever used

The United States has dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the biggest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan targeting a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State militants.

President Donald Trump touted the bombing as evidence of a more muscular US foreign policy since he took office in January after eight years of President Barack Obama.

The 9,797-kilogram GBU-43 bomb was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said.

It was the first time the United States has used this size of bomb in a conflict.

Source: Afghanistan tunnels targeted by US GBU-43 bomb, biggest non-nuclear weapon ever used – Donald Trump’s America – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)