Aftermath Of MOAB Strike (2017) • USAF Mother Of All Bombs

U.S. Air Force dropped a MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb, nicknamed "Mother of all Bombs", on ISIS insurgents in Afghanistan on April 13, 2017. Footage of strike (FLIR), and ground video of aftermath destruction.
Film Credits: United States Department of Defense, OF-4 Una Sighvatsdottir
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[@harrymallory7963]

Having not seen the area before-hand, I cant say whether or not Im impressed by the view.

[@johnscanlon2598]

Yea but it’s weird that little hole survived

[@Orca19904]

2:13 Finally found something the AK-47 can't survive.

[@jorgeabr123]

Chris Teet .......probably still works hahah

[@miguelvaca-estrada9622]

jorgeabr123 Shit maybe.Just gotta lube it up and hammer on it maybe right??

[@elliotdekota4312]

Dip it in motor oil and it's good to go.

[@TheY2AProblem]

If it can survive liberal propaganda, I'm sure it could survive a MOAB blast.

[@thomasbecker9676]

Mud and blowing grit. See InRangeTV's tests.

[@Eric-vh5by]

I literally couldn't tell if that was ground zero or a typical stroll through Afghanistan.

[@cameronkerr5118]

Been on many strolls through Afghanistan have we?

[@Eric-vh5by]

@@cameronkerr5118 been on 1

[@vxy357]

i was thinking the exact same thing.

[@johnevely7662]

The audience must've been blown away by this performance!

[@hollowwreeser2179]

John Evely b r u h

[@inthecrosshairs4480]

The audience is the gullible people that buy into this horse shit.

[@samuelstephens6124]

Nice humor.

[@mirzahosein3492]

That was really funny

[@fukhue8226]

Looked like a "ROCK" Concert!

[@SuperSneakySniper]

"In other news, the burned body of an ISIS soldier randomly fell from the sky and landed in New York today."

[@colonelcrockett2250]

SuperSneakySniper this is such an underrated comment 😂

[@homefront1999]

Now the question is. Is the body burned from some type of epic explosion? Or is it from atmosphere reentry

[@eligebrown8998]

😂😂😂

[@blackalgorithmist000]

😂😂

[@DiceStrike]

@@homefront1999 brought back in time and was introduced to the big bang.

[@drew1427]

Looks like they had a blast!

[@The_Hulkster]

They sure did, sir.

[@whitenessmctennisballs4136]

Yeah it looks pretty lit

[@warandwar227]

Oh for christs sake

[@mourningpalace2226]

Looks like your country had blast . 9 September 😆😂💥🤯

[@midnight_snack6608]

Yeah these comments aged like milk.

[@joesc641]

When I was in Vietnam, the USAF used a similar bomb to make an instant landing zone for helicopters. I think they were 10,000 lb bombs. You don't want to be anywhere close to it when they drop.

[@DG-EditsYT]

30 feet should be fine 😂

[@Trve_Kvlt]

Project Commando Vault developed the BLU-82, nicknamed Daisy Cutter. It was a 15,000 lb bomb that dropped out the ass of a C-130, but was also deployed by the Sky Crane. The last combat use of the Daisy Cutter was during the Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, 2001. The last Daisy Cutter was dropped at Utah Test and Training Range in 2008.

[@AFG647]

I don't see the damage It looks like the rest of Afghanistan

[@richk320]

AFG647 Lol!!

[@lordkrythic6246]

This is the area where the bomb was dropped (Shows completely destroyed wasteland) And this is the area after the bomb was detonated...

[@tommydelgiado6080]

AFG647 😂

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*A few of these would cleanup the Sub-Human, Sidewalk Shitter Liberals on the West Coast of the U.S. It would cure Homelessness, AIDS, Illegal Aliens, Violence and Cure Drug Addiction in less than a second.*

[@haltuaketti420]

the main target where the tunnels and underground bunkers. before there was 3-4 houses that is buried to the ground. and the hills that had sniper and RPG Bunkers and tunnels. every single one of them terrorist was buried and burned alive.

[@braydenropp4706]

"Sir, where do you want this thing dropped" "somewhere in that general direction" "yessir"

[@stephencheramie3169]

It probably hit within the feet of where it was supposed to

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

It's about a 25,000 lb penetrator, with 5,000 lbs of explosives. Its not really a huge blast, and it's not designed for a huge blast. It's designedbd penetrate like 50 feet in to solid rock, then explode to collapse a whole cave system. The MOAB is the big explosion one.

[@bigdukesix4161]

Coordinance? Coordinance? Just drop it soldier... lmao

[@isaacbias2620]

It will get rid of your problems !!#&!$@%€*

[@romaniangypsy3640]

Its guided

[@karlrobinson4887]

It's hard to blast people back to the Stone Age when they already live in the Stone Age.

[@thulomanchay]

They blasted the people to the 21st century instead. You'll know when they breached airport security.

[@-._.-._--._.-._--._.-._--._.-.]

Nice one :P

[@roadiejames]

😂😂😂🤪 got emmmm!

[@fuckednegativemind]

Yes, but you can blast them into stone mist.

[@CadmusCurtis]

Haha so true!

[@traceymartin624]

The REAL damage occurred below ground. This bomb is used for taking out tunnels and under ground structures.

[@bbaff8622]

Yes and no. originally these types of weapons were used to clear landing sites for helicopters (BLU-82) and the primary target is still soft to medium targets on surface. BUT....... if that shock wave hits a cave complex it will pretty much take out anything in the area. Penetrators or bunker busters are made to go into the earth and explode wrecking whatever is there, the MOAB is an air burst though and lets the shockwave crush you (so to speak).

[@prandomable]

If they use bunch of thick concretes and steels to support their underground structure, those tunnels would had just been fine...

[@feijida8841]

To communicate with these terrorists, you have to use the language they can understand.

[@MrThebirddog]

But they didn't understand it, cause it blew them into pieces, rock on USAF

[@markjames1345]

Oh yes. The religion of pieces.

[@theoriginal11charlie]

Feiji Da Hahaha yes sir. Let me sing you the song of my people. In the key of b flat.

[@whykatera81]

Feiji Da what exactly did they do to us to be called terrorist?

[@markjames1345]

Islam is the religion of pieces.

[@albundy6008]

"When you care enough to send the very best: MOAB!!"

[@troycarpenter3675]

@@tiborzkarate1 we gave it back dum bass. Biden will be remembered by history for his colossal ineptitude .

[@epicmcgriddle7874]

Legend has it that AK still works till this day... (2:13)

[@chadjohnson5807]

The damage would be impressive if this wasn't how it normally looks there

[@sidewinderaf1862]

I hate that the terrain looks unchanged even with a massive bomb dropped

[@drexxler138]

Yes pretty much every other village and city looks just like that village, a pile of sh*t with a few burnt jihadis.

[@7150285]

@@sidewinderaf1862 if you have any brains, you'll know not even nukes could wipe out a mountain range...

[@inthecrosshairs4480]

Exactly. No evidence of a bombing was actually found. These guys were gathering rocks for the next stoning of infidels invading their country.

[@petermohr5163]

Looks like donald dropped a big bomb on an empty cave. Same cave Obama dropped a big bomb on ,when there actually where Al Qaeda there.

[@e7573t]

"The enemy has opted for oblivion" - Lord Cutler Beckett

[@All4mula]

Obliteration will have to do

[@monstaro19]

Exit left like snagglepuss

[@RIP5582]

Which one?

[@macman975]

Okay.

[@Ujuani68]

Lord WHO???🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@marutanray]

no change. Afghanistan was rubble before too.

[@ZorlacSkater]

yes, after the USA invaded them

[@iamnegan8064]

You get a MOAB, you get a MOAB, EVERYONE gets a MOAB!!!

[@ishootfaces722]

Russias next so someone should tell pooty to make amends with whoever he prays to 😈

[@kathybradfield999]

And it only takes one for all

[@jimusa9330]

Now that’s a surgical strike! MOAB took out only one valley!

[@mikeymike9118]

I can’t really tell what the bombsite looked like before the MOAB hit. Safe to say that it was already a rubble-strewn shothole.

[@dmitrikrosikio2684]

usaf: for when it positively, absolutely has to be destroyed overnight

[@colonelcrockett2250]

Dmitri Krosikio when in doubt... call an air strike.

[@hollowwreeser2179]

Colonel Crockett AC-130

[@ganarzon]

You could easily notice the ground from hundred meters away were shaken down or have collapsed. That is one terrifying scene from the enemy's (ISIS) point of view.

[@jamesfair5774]

This comment did not age well (2021)

[@DR-54]

@@jamesfair5774 isis didn't win

[@flyingdutchman700]

That's what I'd call a sweet, expressive, tender and unmistakable message. Well done boys

[@Crownd1_]

Please drop one on Hollywood!!!

[@hanoverdave]

Yes. Please do

[@Son37Lumiere]

It's a powerful explosive compared to most other things but still nothing more than a firecracker compared to a nuke.

[@ruready4adventure743]

Outstanding!!!!

[@JohnDobak]

I'd be curious to know what the kill radius is on that explosion. Like how far away from the center of the blast does that shockwave still kill you? How well does the lethality of the blast follow terrain?

[@williamsweeney7117]

They say 5 football fields

[@wizzotizzo]

@@williamsweeney7117 truly an american way of saying it

[@freddarau]

@@wizzotizzo 500 meters 1 football field is 100 meters.

[@uruguayarms]

1 km.

[@iansullivan7777]

@@Jeff_11B what in circumference?

[@stevenleighhunt3691]

So Okay MOAB only sent them farther back in time , priceless !!

[@flyingtrap4169]

well at least they went out with a blast

[@themagicalnoodle6178]

BADUM tsss

[@monkeyd00d]

1OOTH LIKE!

[@hur1836]

The trees seem tougher

[@bizz845]

looks like it improved the place👍

[@miket7763]

Never get tiered of seeing this. Wish there was many more to watch.

[@RyanKentBarnhart]

I particularly liked the AK-47 that was literally warped from the heat from the blast.

[@ratagris21]

It probably still fires too.

[@freddarau]

@@ratagris21 ak moment.

[@cuzimryte7011]

Cool....DO IT AGAIN!

[@oldhikinthesticks4524]

Rest in Pieces, Mo-Fo's!

[@dsbmwhacker]

Winning hearts and minds.

[@sachiMatsudaira450]

everything just disappeared even the AK melted that is a scary bomb

[@Rachniax]

It still pales in comparison to the Neutron Bomb.

[@sachiMatsudaira450]

bombs are scary! :(

[@InfamousMango123]

kitty charm Bombs are fucking awesome!

[@sachiMatsudaira450]

Darkklaw that's a scary bomb...

[@somezsaltz4526]

kitty charm good it did its job

[@KrzychOlsztyn]

I was expecting bigger damage than old buildings turned in to rubble. I was expecting MORE from Mother

[@mythbuster3567]

What's your mother do?

[@ishootfaces722]

She spends most of her time of corners n on her knees im told. Jimmy Carr said so 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jasonredden5185]

Sir do we have any bigger ones this one didn't seem to do much

[@owarida6241]

Deploy castle bravo

[@m.anthonyc.8761]

Legend has it that AK still works.....

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Doesn't look any different compared to the rest of the country!

[@jdavis6053]

@abdo abdo Nah, your own people tear the place apart and we just help with that cycle.

[@jdavis6053]

@abdo abdo Are you fucking dumb? America created the taliban? LMAO WHAT?

[@tiranalban786]

God bless America !

[@twcapo5952]

Jasminewynja listen Dumbfuck libtard The Taliban and Isis are attacking the USA in a Religious war They want to see all Americans Have their heads cut off you get the point now? All of our strikes have been Justified Al Assad Made a Chemical Attack on innocent children how come you aren't talking about this??

[@mourningpalace2226]

Fuckk America

[@doaraquina1464]

the shockwave did the most damage. probably ripped through the tunnels collapsing them.

[@oldhikinthesticks4524]

Exactly. Most of the damage is underground. Anyone in that cave system was either vaporized or buried alive. I like to lean toward the latter, thinking they died terrified while screaming for their lives. Just my Opinion.😁

[@1979augistine]

Nice smoothed out the rocks how kind of them

[@FXTRT-ec9lz]

I LOVE a happy ending! More happy endings, more often, please.

[@asifali653]

You got happy ending now, America and nato ran away🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FXTRT-ec9lz]

@@asifali653 No point fighting for people who wont fight for themselves. So much more suffering coming for the people there once our forces are gone. It's a crying shame for all parties.

[@arshadadvocate]

Do you still love happy ending.

[@gabenewell3955]

@@FXTRT-ec9lz not really

[@gregjones3660]

You like to think that. If you live in Afghanistan you're f*cked. you'll wish you did more.

[@MrRasZee]

im so impressed

[@ThisIs_Tactics]

$170,000 dollar per MoAB . People used to think this MoAB cost $313 million which isn't true, even though Edward Snowden himself tweeted it did.

[@rickcostin]

That's just the cleaning bill for the toilets where they keep the bombs...

[@greggwilliamson7404]

I saw one dead AK-47 Hmmmm

[@terrysaunders2026]

Did you catch the product placement advertisement? “AKs….TAKE A LICKIN’, KEEP ON CLICKIN’!”

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

now imagine that hitting a massive group of armored and infantry units

[@pedjatrninic]

Sorry,what units:)lololo

[@Majorvideonut2]

By watching the camera and what its operator is filming we can say that there use to be a number of buildings there. One gun found and no body to go with it. Must have been one blast that was felt around the camp fires.

[@thomasroberts5658]

Maybe the bodies were vaporized

[@MichaSvaquish]

The smell of freedom is still lingerin in the air.

[@mukeshmakwana5447]

Micha Svaquish kmk

[@theharbingerofconflation]

that is irradiated ozone

[@anameofsomesort959]

@@theharbingerofconflation it's not nuclear

[@theharbingerofconflation]

@@anameofsomesort959 huh true, it isn't

[@SuneshPM]

Great

[@garthstewart6099]

It was not the explosion that directly killed them; it was the pressure and lack of oxygen after the blast.

[@jimwednt1229]

For they guys out of reach of the blast zone, yes thermoberic effects burned up the air in the tunnels. But certainly, some fellas were definitely eliminated, vaporized by the direct blast . See the AK-47 that was disintegrated by the blast partially vaporized essentially. A stain is all that's left of the guy that must've been holding it . The moab turned the mountain side inside out .

[@norrinradd3549]

The original bomb that gave rise to the US’s and Russia’s bombs, was the Grand Slam, which GB made in WWII. And this was known as the first Earthquake bomb. It was 22,000lbs, and was very successfully used a number of times. Including sinking the Tirpitz and taking out U-Boat pens, Etc...

[@remittanceman4685]

Grand Slam was a penetrator bomb, it buried itself underground and detonated creating massive earth tremors and hollowing out the ground beneath structures causing them to collapse (it's called a camouflet). The same effects were created in water hence the use of Grand Slam against Tirpitz. MOAB is a totally different weapon using a totally different method of destruction delivery. It's an air blast weapon designed to kill everything above ground with massive overpressure; no crater, no earth tremors just pure blast pressure in the air. The USAF uses massive penetrators today against deep bunkers and tunnels, they're just not MOABs which owe their design more to nukes.

[@OpenGL4ever]

The Tirpitz wasn't destroyed by a Grand Slam, they used a Tallboy.

[@XPROGunn3rX]

Hearts and minds....

[@svens.5139]

Lovely.

[@jurzyjohner432]

I actually think it helped them in looks. And made more space for them.

[@christianrussell9900]

And it looks just like it did before.

[@craig5649]

There's a tunnel complex under the former buildings there. I'd like to see what that looks like now. We should have struck the openings with high penetration munitions after the MOAB strike. Could be weapons caches there.

[@anthonyking9284]

Goat..........

[@mgbrattland]

Could not have happened to a nicer crowd!

[@shopstuff5]

From there to eternity in 1.2 seconds!

[@delionb]

I wonder what damage the F.O.A.B. would do, over 4x stronger than the M.O.A.B.

[@HubertofLiege]

You should see their mother in law of all bombs

[@RuinationRange]

2:13 Well, we found out what it takes to render the AK inoperable!

[@anameofsomesort959]

Yeah, all that dirt and dust would take it out.

[@da-grinch6924]

so what did it look like before?

[@felani1647]

Oh wow man, it looks like it didn't do enough damage to make them happy. We are going to need A LOT MORE MOABS! Thanks for the assessment!

[@Scorpi0nPrince]

Should drop a few more of these.

[@Hemifan4266]

Sweet!!

[@fritzbucher4726]

I’m kinda surprised at how actual little the blast radius appears to be. I’m guessing that it was contained by the mountain sides. Even though it appears to have created an very large landslide. The shockwave pattern was interesting in the video.

[@sharpedge071]

Biggest damage was done underground. That bomb is intended for destroying tunnels and bunkers.

[@fritzbucher4726]

@@sharpedge071 thermobaric? I was very Impressed by the landslide it made. The more I watch the Video the more I focus in on that.

[@petermenningen338]

It was not big enough!! the task needed about 10 spaced in a cluster with overlapping effect zones and it needed to bring down the sides of the mountain to burry the valley.

[@TreasureByMeasure]

Interesting

[@jarniwoop]

Okay , it blew the hell out of that area. A little reference as to what we're seeing would be more interesting. Was that hole the access to the 'base'?

[@domosito4472]

I mean damn, after watching that it can't help but make you think about how we believe IEDs being placed in a fight by people who don't even have body armor is cowardly and cheating.

[@jefflindeman]

Nope.

[@ronstokes7588]

Don't worry bydum gave them enough weapons to terrorize the west all over again.

[@domosito4472]

@@ronstokes7588 they've never "terrorized" the west nor will they ever

[@JR-pz7nh]

That's what I like to see! Take action! Semper Fi!

[@bugballsy8569]

Really turned the ride of the war

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

damn, missed this episode of home improvement

[@superiorcbdhempoil3200]

Thank You to all US Veterans & Coalition Forces

[@nigerianprince2620]

Your comment aged so well lol

[@heru-deshet359]

A thing of beauty is a MOAB forever.

[@afghanistansnumberone]

Drop it on your countries please.

[@waynewilliams8554]

One hell of an entrance hole. Didn't change the everyday landscape at all!!

[@mattgixxer776]

Wowza .. it even tore up the AK's. 😳

[@650tonyd]

for a bomb being called the Mother of all bombs, the destruction didn't look that bad

[@jaredoneal9745]

It’s an air blast munition extremely devastating. If the debris don’t get ya it’ll pop your luge

[@forrest1979g]

So.... the bomb makes Afghanistan look exactly like Afghanistan???

[@elliotthalsey2810]

Beautiful

[@accessaf]

Wow.

[@Feelthepaintoo]

Say hello to my little friend!!

[@brandonhackbarth6213]

please dont pull a hamster out from your pocket....

[@Xhjcfh]

FEEL_THE_PAIN That made me cringe

[@josha0]

Enzo Scott same lol

[@sunking2001]

"Say hello to my big brother."

[@milotherussianblue3691]

Incredible what the US military has at its disposal. Wow!

[@inthecrosshairs4480]

🤣😂

[@Wojtek-420]

@@tiborzkarate1 trust the plan. It has worked. It's your choice which direction it goes from here.

[@danielculver2209]

@@Wojtek-420 Why does Banglaroad get to choose? How exactly will this individual announce the decision they've made to the international community and who will enforce Banglaroad's ruling? Time to admit the Taliban won and the US failed. Someday the US may have to go back

[@Wojtek-420]

@@danielculver2209 I'd strongly recommend a change in how you guys treat people over there.

[@thulomanchay]

"Sir, that MF been laying in the dump longer than you and me been here."

[@davidcarrero7848]

Ouch..that left a mark.

[@toddy2519]

Wow...these would be great for getting rid of the weeds on my property! Are they available yet at Costco or Harbor Freight?

[@Hunnalouu]

If anything it made the area look better from what it did before

[@koopspook]

Jungle Cat actually those compounds built into the mountains look pretty fuckin badass

[@Hunnalouu]

would be a great vacation spot

[@user-nc5zc5lr2n]

cs:go crosshair

[@mikebecket7458]

The MOAB made the area look like the surface of the moon COOL ....!!!

[@gregmarbury9432]

Man that would be great to build a big o bass pond/lake.

[@andygebb]

The US military is awesome. Good job.

[@markfowler9352]

When they’re not killing their own allies.

[@valghyna7668]

@@markfowler9352 or crashing their ships into other ships. Or purchasing planes that can't fly. Or aircraft carriers without functioning elevators😆😆

[@froggerjohn427]

Or leaving billions worth of military equipment to previous adversaries

[@cliffordgreen8349]

They are saying in Urdu "look, the rubble's been re- arranged here!

[@khanghani9889]

Clifford Green it's not Urdu they are speaking Pashto language. If you don't know than go to Google 😜

[@trippjones14]

explosive performance.

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

Looks to me... Same o...Same o.....Back to you, Bob...😊😊😊!!!

[@dougmcpheters1546]

It looks to be a good time to drop another.

[@thethirdman225]

Why? Because you didn't learn? America has been fought to a standstill in Afghanistan by a bunch of farmers with AK-47s.

[@ozonepark6898]

These are the rebels who attacked the children in Duma with chlorine gas in April of 2018!

[@mpk6664]

No... No they're not. That was the Syrian Rebels. And it's Douma.

[@Wayne1952]

That's what I call "PUTTING SOME HAIR ON THE WALL".