‘Mother of All Bombs’ on Display at Air Base
From Times Wire Reports
A massive weapon nicknamed “Mother of All Bombs” went on display at the Air Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base 15 months after a similar bomb was tested to great fanfare as the war with Iraq loomed.
The military created 14 MOABs -- officially an acronym for Massive Ordnance Air Blast -- but none have been used in Iraq.
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