What is GBU-43/B MOAB?
[[File:Untitled.pnged.png|thumb|232x232px|The MOAB on display]] The GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast, (also known as Mother of All Bombs or MOAB) is a large yield [[bomb]], said to be the most powerful non-nuclear [[bomb]] in the [[United States|U.S]] arsenal. It was first made in [[2003]] and still is used today by the [[United States|USA]]. It was first deployed on an enemy cave complex in [[Afghanistan]]. The GBU-43/B MOAB is a [[thermobaric weapon]], which means it's packed with a very fine explosive powder that gets ejected out of the bombshell when the bomb has reached its target. This fine powder then is ejected into a big cloud of powder, which mixes with the air, oxidizing the explosive powder. Then, the oxidized fuel mix gets ignited, producing a very large explosion. Thermobaric weapons carry only fuel instead of fuel and oxidizer, like other bombs do, since oxygen is already in the atmosphere. Only carrying fuel allows for a much bigger explosion with the same bomb size. Some thermobaric weapons are so powerful that they are similar to small [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear weapons]] in terms of explosion size and intensity. {{Iraq War}} [[Category:Explosives]]