MOAB: The Mother of All Bombs

This is a case where the name really does say it all.
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[@serpico1616]

In case anyone was wondering, MOAB stands for Massive Ordinance Air Blast.

[@a10thunder46]

I thought it was Mother Of All Bombs

[@ender4555]

Shocked that they completely glossed over this fact.

[@awake3112]

@LTNetjak you mean Glorious People’s Largest Massive Ordinance Air Blast

[@HeyItsJonny]

@@awake3112 GPLMOAB Really rolls right off the tongue

[@timgooding2448]

Definitely Massive Ordinance Air Blast. Mother of all bombs just sounds better to the press/public and does have a ring to it.

[@fawakamaha]

I'm pretty sure Mother Of All Bombs is a slang acronym. Fairly certain the actual acronym is Massive Ordinance Air Burst.

[@soulessshadow5356]

Air Blast but yep, you're absolutely right there friend!

[@AlexWithington]

Was about to point that out

[@dx1450]

I'm surprised Simon didn't give the actual official name for the acronym.

[@derrickclinchofderrickclin9940]

way to steal a comment chief

[@derrickclinchofderrickclin9940]

and how the holly fucking did you get more likes than the comment you stole on the same video

[@Silverwing2112]

I did some maths, and in addition to it being four Michael Jordans long, it was just two inches shy of being one Warwick Davis in diameter.

[@moonman8450]

Bruh 😂😂😂

[@tristanholley7141]

Warwick Davis is an underrated unit of measurement.

[@NotaVampyre111]

I just wanted to add it weighs just short of one Oprah.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@@NotaVampyre111 are you sure it's only a bit short?

[@blacklotusgym]

U rock

[@timmack2415]

The psychological effect of realizing that you're not even safe in a long cave, makes this bad boy a real gem!

[@jeremywilliams2490]

Look up the BLU-118/B. It was specifically designed to create a Shockwave that would travel through the tunnels and kill by rupturing internal organs rather than the frag of the bomb body

[@raymondwagoner7735]

The good thing is , it might eliminate a few bat caves...And the next country that turns a man made virus on the world should be wiped out by nuclear weapons with no exception for fauci or gates

[@bigchungus3429]

raymond wagoner wtf how does that even relate....

[@kevincomellas4908]

@@raymondwagoner7735 you sod

[@jaffa211]

Trouble for Jihad

[@carterbowman7762]

ISIS denounced America dropping bombs on ISIS? I'm shocked.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

They should denounce putting bombs on their own civilians instead 

[@05TE]

Or as Civilization would have put it: A recent news article revealed that ISIS has denounces the evil deeds of America. A recent news article revealed that a massive earthquake has struck Canada. A recent news article revealed that Simon has started another KZbin channel. A recent news article revealed that India is trading with India.

[@drfutato]

Not as shocked at they are when the bomb hits. Ba-dum-dum-pshhhhh

[@Starbuck8008]

They were shocked too....for a microsecond. Then they were red mush.

[@WDMtea]

And the media sided with ISIS

[@_Morph1ne_]

ISIS: "hey the MOAB isnt cool stop using it" U.S: "...i dont think you understand how this works"

[@tedwhite9176]

This is an under rated comment

[@rickhouston2144]

Should be called “how to clear hundreds of small caves in a second weapon” so the enemy isn’t misled 🤣

[@ThePrisoner881]

ISIS: "Quickly Achmed! Kill some civilians and bring their bodies to the bomb site, then find the nearest CNN camera crew! They'll believe anything we say!"

[@crazybrickstudios7482]

@Eric Smith lmao

[@jshicke]

@Smith Johnson Your tin foil hat is showing.

[@SteveVi0lence]

It was used because a couple of special forces guys were killed in that mountain side... The bomb was designed as a tunnel crusher. The cost to train and equip special ops, is the basically the same cost of the moab

[@MCshadr217]

Another side note on the Tsar Bomba: The test actually went so well, that it terrified even the Soviet Union at the time, and the nuclear project was scrapped from then on out, sticking to much smaller bombs. Why did it terrify them, you ask? Because the test was a success, and that meant the potential of the Tsar Bomba was near unlimited. They could theoretically have any size they wanted, due to how the Tsar Bomba was designed.

[@Chris.Davies]

They needed such huge bombs because their targeting was so awful. It's better now so they don't need big bombs.

[@corey2232]

This isn't true at all... The bomb was so massive & impractical, the pilot was given only a 50/50 chance of survival. Both sides already knew at that point they could technically create larger & larger bombs, it was just a matter of "how useful & practical is this?" A plane carrying something the size of the Tsar Bomba wouldn't have the range, speed or height needed to get anywhere for practical purposes. Soviets & the US both knew these larger bombs would be pointless aside from tests, and that the REAL advantage & power came from ICBM's that were going to be game changing. Both sides began battling it out for longer range, more accurate & more efficient warheads that could be strapped to ICBM's carried by nuclear subs, & silos, as well as more conventional bombs that could successfully make their way to enemy soil. The Tsar Bomba was originally intended to yield 100 MT instead of 50, but thankfully they decided to scale it back. The point is they already knew they COULD make it, but even at 50 MT, it was excessive as it was (and that's not even factoring in the radiation & fallout concerns all sides had as they became more educated).

[@derekchant8027]

Staging actually makes any size bomb possible. Practical? How big does a bomb really need to be with the resulting fallout?

[@marc-andreservant201]

Theoretically, you could build a massive cobalt bomb of several tens of gigatons. Such a device could not be delivered by a plane or a missile, but it wouldn't matter. Detonating it anywhere would cause lethal fallout in both Russia and America, and the deterrent effect is achieved.

[@bigrollin]

That's what they say. More like it failed.

[@popuptarget7386]

Not as devistating as the Kill And Render Enemies Now bomb. Known as the KAREN. Devistating on all management levels

[@markfryer9880]

I've heard that one is a real bitch.

[@TrumpCardMAGA]

I thought the Geneva convention outlawed it's use due to the cruelty of it's use on underpaid staff... But seriously tons of respect, I know how hard it is to build funny acronyms that also make sense

[@seanbrazell6147]

That's not a bomb, its a conservative suicide vest.

[@jdreyes3745]

You mean Kill And Render Enemies Neutered.

[@StudleyDuderight]

@@seanbrazell6147 Karen is any woman who thinks she is entitled to special treatment and berates people who do not give in to her demands. She can have any skin color and hold any political belief. The only stipulation is that she be upper or middle class.

[@chaseweeks2708]

Lol, pronunciations are hard. In 'Murica we pronounce it 'MO-AB'

[@dougaltolan3017]

So do mot limeys, just Simon being a bit, well, Simon.

[@trespire]

@chase weeks God bless 'Murica :-)

[@jimtaylor294]

As a Brit', I also pronounce her acronym as "Mow~Abb".

[@Prototyp3m1nd]

Fun fact: many Americans know its pronunciation because it was a top news story for its initial test and its later use cited in this video, both of which received full segments on major networks. What a world, what a world.

[@chaseweeks2708]

@@Prototyp3m1nd, eh, I learned about it as just part of being in the army. Figured it was pronounced that way because of an area in Utah with the same name.

[@birdman7135]

Though the MOAB kill rate might be smaller than reported and the price-per-kill ratio deemed questionable, the psychological damage of having one dropped in your backyard is priceless!

[@Procrastinater]

Not really about the bomb, rather the desicions of the people who deploy them. If you use daisy cutters to bomb fox holes then the problem does not lie in the bomb itself, you're shooting sparrows with cannons.

[@yemo34]

But they won tho?

[@paramed5014]

If the weapons that are public knowledge are that terrifying, imagine all the weapons that are still top secret 😅

[@johnogrady2418]

That's the idea.

[@deadmuphinz]

it stands for mediocre offensive asshole baby's and they're basically useless/

[@JFred2]

Top secret weapons don't exist outside of when they're still in the development or test phase. The primary purpose of any weapon is it's deterrent value. What practical sense would it make to fully develop a weapon and bring it into production, only to spend more time and resources trying to hide its existence? What purpose would it serve?

[@bobleeswagger5850]

me: im tired youtube: do you wanna learn about the moab me: sure why not

[@steelrz44]

Hello darkness my old friend

[@L3corpwt]

that is amazing that is what happened to me

[@YamahaR12015]

Literally me at almost 3 am

[@SuperHaginator]

Better learn something like this instead scrolling through some cancer apps

[@bradz9413]

@Bob you funny bastard!! 😂😂

[@cynicalmedic252]

MOAB *Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour flashbacks* Fun times.

[@nashthebaker9338]

I was gonna comment this. The USA has the best soundtrack in the game, too. :D

[@james8449100]

Ptsd support for gla vetrons is terrible

[@Wppk765]

I liked the laser general best. Them laser turrets were badass

[@cynicalmedic252]

I think we can agree as enjoyable the vanilla game was, the numerous mods was where the fun began.

[@krakaan9763]

I was thinking more along the lines of Mercenaries 2 Playground of Destruction

[@BrodieB762]

Amazing video! stumbled on this channel! love it. very well put together and love how real footage was shown.

[@nickedwards4717]

MOAB actually stands for massive ordinance airburst bomb

[@StealthTheUnknown]

“The terrorists don’t like being blown up with it” eh, too bad.

[@TheLinkoln18]

Yeah, but the USA won’t drop it on themselves.... And yet the USA has been engaged in terrorism for decades.

[@iangascoigne8231]

Not very good value for money though is it?

[@Vladpryde]

@@TheLinkoln18 Look out everyone.....we have a Democrat in our midst.....

[@TheLinkoln18]

@@Vladpryde As the majority of terrorism in the USA is domestic and carried out by those who support the Republicans, and as the recent terrorist attacks from the USA have occurred under Republican presidents..... Tell me about these rascal democrats.. Really the clue is in the party names... Democrats, democratic, democracy. Republicans, Fascist, Republic.

[@Vladpryde]

@@TheLinkoln18 LMAO, you forgot a few things there kid.....Democrats: KKK, Jim Crow, Segregation, Slavery, 90,000,000 different genders, Anarchy, emotions instead of logic and rational reasoning, taking away Constitutional Right to Arms, and murdering the unborn. So explain to me again how the Republicans are the fascists? Which, by the way, is a term that some idiot Liberal on Twitter pulled out of their ass because they are trolls, and that's what trolls do. First they used the term "racist"....until they started exposing their own racism. Then they went to "bigot", but that didn't have the same ring to it, and people called them stupid for using it. And now the latest fad: calling anyone Right of Lenin a "fascist". And just like before, it's not going to work. But that's the Democrat party for you: made up of trolls, emotional children with blue hair, anarchists, batshit crazy and nosy Karens, and closeted racists. Now go spray paint a monument, douche.

[@Kabayoth]

A LIttle known episode in Vietnam involves the Daisy Cutter: Army brass wanted to use this to clear a landing area for an Airborne drop and set up an operation to try it out. The Daisy Cutter was dropped, the troops jumped out of the planes, and were promptly impaled on the jagged tree stumps sticking out of the ground. My uncle was sent to recover the men via helicopter. Quite frankly, I'm astonished he spoke of this tragedy at all. Daisy Cutters were used for heliborne assaults after that. Airborne assaults were almost entirely made from helicopters throughout the war if I'm not mistaken.

[@Georgecurtis123]

This is a lie, how high were they jumping from to impale themselves that they wouldn't see or be hurt from blunt force without a tree.

[@bobbillboard9764]

@@Georgecurtis123they were probably parachuting

[@GraveDigger46]

​@@Georgecurtis123 🤣

[@Ob1sdarkside]

​@spiderbeef7913 jumped out of planes, they jumped out of planes, lad.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

The tsar bomba wasnt a production model, it was one of a kind...our 25MT was.. Anything bigger than 50MT or so just results in the blast radius extending into space and any further added energy just vented there into space.

[@ffarmchicken]

Tsar bomba just showed diminished returns. You could go bigger, but it didn’t make a difference. But what Ivan was afraid of was catching the Earths air on fire.

[@TrySomeFentanyl]

They were also worried it would set the atmosphere on fire and burn up natural ozone.

[@CountArtha]

The large blast radius was a workaround for mediocre accuracy: As long as you can hit _near_ the target, you can be sure of destroying it. Obviously that means your launcher has to be bigger, though, which means it can't be mobile - the Tsar Bomba's launcher was the UR-500, also known as the Proton, and it was so enormous that they later used it to launch modules for the International Space Station. Once integrated circuits became available in the mid-1960s (for the West, at least), they could build smaller ICBMs with multiple independent re-entry vehicles that are precise enough that you can cram the same amount of destruction into, say, a submarine-launched ballistic missile that you used to need a 174-foot-tall Proton missile or a 100-foot-tall Titan II missile.

[@airwolf5826]

If they are dropped at a certain height it causes what's called an aerial burst. This spreads out the blast sphere I would say rather than radius. A spherical blast is much more destructive than hitting the ground.if it hits the ground most of the energy is lost.

[@Johnboy33545]

@@airwolf5826 Most nuclear weapons are designed to detonate above their targeted area with altitude depending on size of the target and nuke. Essentially how many people do you want to kill. Do you want to fuck up the suburb quickly, mercifully, or leave it to a slower but hideous fate? A B83 nuke can top out at 1.2 MT and would destroy any city it targeted. We have hundreds and 5 other countries have them. Russia may have more than we do. If we ever start using them it won't matter. Spheres have a radius. It's half their diameter. As I type this I see I misread your last 2 sentences.

[@MrJellyCS]

3:38 I just like how it says "General Purpose" on the side of the bomb.

[@randolphkersey5155]

Everything in the military is labeled General Purpose or GP. Tents, jeeps, etc. Hell, even soldiers have been labeled GI (Government Issue) as long as I am aware.

[@theofficialwizard2753]

Living 50 miles away from Eglin AFB in Pensacola my dad told me you could feel the ground shake and clearly hear the blast when they tested these. Even now you can feel significantly smaller explosives being tested sometimes at night you’ll wake up to the weird sensation of a small quake lol

[@kylewilson1539]

Nice! I live about 5 miles away from eglin!

[@wyattwilliams2457]

Same for when they were doing bomb testing in lake Palestine in northeastern Florida

[@joeydominick4762]

Yo, I live on the other side of the res from dude just above me. Between the AF doing their thing, and Navy EOD doing their thing, every Tuesday and Thursdays you would hear loud distant BOOM's. Also fun fact the old Doolittle training airfield is right off of highway 285 right there between us. Went out there one day and just to stand on the runway and understand what went down right there. All the training. Idk it was really surreal.

[@zionkaushagen1228]

My dad heard them in Freeport.

[@mohamedalkaboom]

One of the charms of living in a always at war country, I suppose

[@danbanks7930]

I'd like to know when the civilian version will be available

[@Gielderst]

Get your MOAB at your local Walmart 20% discount limited time.

[@leonedralev3776]

excellent piece for home defense.

[@tylerfrizzell5699]

According to some people you could probably buy one with no background check in the Walmart parking lot. Or even have it delivered right to your door.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

The scary thing is how easy it would be to make one in the UK. It would be even easier in the USA. And no I'm not going to say how it's done.

[@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74]

Will be used to disburse protestors😂

[@mick8473]

"deposited out of the aircraft, then begins its decent by parachute" - The Parachute pulls the cradle from the plane then the bomb detaches from them to begin its decent.

[@corey2232]

Since "MOAB" actually stands for *"Massive Ordinance Air Blast,"* does the Russian "FOAB" actually stand for *"Fake Ordinance Air Blast,"* since we don't know if it even exits?

[@TheAnthonyseaton]

Spyros Panopoulos

[@B4119812B]

Megaproject show idea: Rod from god. The “rods from God” idea was a bundle of telephone-pole sized (20 feet long, one foot in diameter) tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching a speed of up to ten times the speed of sound. What's more scary then a telephone pole flying towards you at mach 10?

[@Supershackda]

A telephone pole flying towards you is pretty terrifying. A telephone pole flying at mach 10 is even more terrifying. A telephone pole made of fucking tungsten flying at mach 10? NOPE

[@AkaAka_AkaAka]

You've never seen my mother-in-law when she's hungry... nothing is more scary than that.

[@TheRaxxinator]

@@AkaAka_AkaAka I don't know you but I believe you

[@_Abjuranax_]

The Bunker Busters were old Battleship Gun Tubes packed with high-explosives and a guidance system added to them. They would penetrate the earth at high velocity, much like an Arrow, then detonate underground destroying their target. Literally designed on napkins in a Bar by a couple of Engineers discussing the problem.

[@mikespicer4827]

A Catholic priest

[@billyhawkins1150]

MOAB.....i am thinking it should be used against robo-callers.

[@BoDiddly]

OMG I am in total agreement with your statement!

[@Version135]

This is aggression I can get behind!

[@davidthunder3098]

Peaceful riots

[@jacksongoerges9422]

Haha billy you savage

[@tigermanmccool4037]

Billy...We been trying to reach you about your car warranty....

[@anthonyhayes1267]

It reminds me of the Latin inscription on French cannons in the 18th century. "Ultima Ratio Regum" in English "The Last Argument of Kings"

[@randolphkersey5155]

Yep! war is diplomacy in its ultimate form.

[@jasperaartsen8990]

fun fact, tsar bomba's shockwave was meassured going around the world twice

[@smoove_]

3 times actually

[@ninja23yt]

Ah, like when Krakatoa erupted

[@TinHatRanch]

It has a diameter of half a MIchael Moore.

[@Jfc1224]

I heard the original Moabs were built to contain 1 Chris Christie each

[@joedufour8188]

It is said it weighs 239lbs but everyone knows it weighs 339 lbs. Let's call it the Trump.

[@life_with_bernie]

And a net yield of 8.43 Michael Bays

[@David-lr2vi]

😂

[@joshbunton6424]

@@Jfc1224 lol

[@Elthenar]

The thing about the MOAB is that it is a for all intents and purposes a fuel air explosive. It was meant to be used against large cave complexes and the powerful, long duration blast wave excels at pounding underground complexes. I can't bust through a bunker like a dedicated bunker buster but that huge blast can give everyone in the whole mountain a bad time. If dropped near an entrance, the blast can actually travel through the tunnels for quite a distance.

[@raymondwagoner7735]

It depletes all the oxygen from the air and if the blast don't get you, you die from lack of oxygen.

[@57thorns]

@@raymondwagoner7735 Nope, that is not how it works. Not at all. If you are close enough to notice the lack of oxygen, you are already mush.

[@JFrazer4303]

Nonsense hype. The MOP Massive Ordnance Penetrator was for cave complexes. The Air Blast is for above ground.

[@duckofdeath3266]

@@JFrazer4303 Pretty much, the only active use of the MOAB was to take out an ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan. I suspect by collapsing the tunnels with the massive blast wave, comparable to a small nuke. I think the MOP is intended for penetrating exceptionally thick bunker walls, but it is not out of its testing phases yet, as far as I know.

[@deadmuphinz]

it stands for mediocre offensive asshole baby's and they're basically useless/

[@ledzeppelin820]

The real reasons bombs like this exist just like the nukes dropped on Japan was always done to keep as much American soldiers alive as possible but not surprised he never mentioned this.

[@pschroeter1]

I read an amusing account about the First Gulf War where some British soldiers saw a Daisy Cutter detonating off in the the distance and said something like, "the yanks have nuked Kuwait."

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:55 - Chapter 1 - A short history of bombs 4:05 - Chapter 2 - The daisy cutter 5:30 - Chapter 3 - The mother 7:55 - Chapter 4 - In operation 8:50 - Chapter 5 - The bomb of bombs

[@KCJbomberFTW]

Your a saint

[@raymondwagoner7735]

Israel got 20 of those from America.

[@KCJbomberFTW]

@@raymondwagoner7735 good

[@Tuberuser187]

The MOAB strike on ISIS was more valuable than the casualties it caused, even only one Jihadi got killed it was worthwhile. The destroyed a major outpost for them, the complex of caves and tunnels was an ideal place for them to smuggle and hide people and materiel. The base contained a significant amount of materiel, a large part of their stockpile. Its possible that it contained the Heroin ISIS and Taliban smuggle out of Afghanistan, one of their revenue streams that go towards funding them, It also have contained other resources like forged documents and computers and other items of that nature. To make a summary the MOAB strike denied them an ideal base, it destroyed weapons, maybe drugs and forged documents. That would be a significant dent in their operations, it was more impactful than the casualties caused,

[@thaddeushenry9730]

Not to mention, no civilian casualties, there was a claim that in a town distanced from the blast the teacher and her son were killed by it but I can't find any more information on it. Whereas before with the large number of failed drone strikes causing civilian casualties and not actually killing any ISIS personnel, this single bomb managed to get at least 36 this was a large improvement in the last couple of years.

[@dalstein3708]

Of course it was a success. If it had been a failure, the Trump administration would honestly tell us, wouldn't they?

[@klausalan]

Very good point. It’s not about the number of jihadis, they can always find more recruits, it’s about destroying their logistical operations to slow down their ability to carry out training and attacks on ISAF and the Afghan government. Judging the success of a mission or battle purely by the numbers was a huge problem during the Vietnam war. We don’t do that much anymore. It’s about tangible results now.

[@iansmith4184]

Yeah, if you look at stills of the thermal footage, you can see a bunch of black lines radiating out from the blast. Those are tunnel complexes being cooked from the heat and overpressure. It would have likely taken a significantly more costly quantity of conventional bombs to dig them all out. Add in the fact that the MOAB stockpile is coming up on its use-by date, and the deployment was a no-brainer.

[@AZOffRoadster]

They stole the CIA's heroin? No wonder we bombed them.

[@rayjacobs1146]

I need to watch again Mr. Kubrick's classic, "Dr. Strangelove", or how I learned to stop worrying and love the (any) bomb".

[@jayburn00]

The BLU-82 was also used during Desert Storm to clear minefields.

[@j03y67]

The purpose of war is to break the "will to fight" of your enemies. If you can accomplish this with one strike, you preserve the lives of your men.

[@EvilDaveCanada]

That was also part of the reason they used the nukes on Japan. They worked out aprox. how many US casualties attacking the Japanese home islands would cause and basically said "Fuck that idea, we have these neat bombs we had planned to use on Germany but they lost the war before the bombs were ready for use". All the US needed was to have a base close enough to Japan for the bomber to be able to fly a round trip mission.

[@Crimson.S.57]

@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss we're still there because we're fighting with our feet bound and a hand behind our back. We can't fight the way we need too.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

Screams in Stuka/V1 rocket

[@PMA65537]

@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss Biden said it won't - do you want facts or something?

[@boombox05]

Where has that ever happened in modern times

[@adiabeticjedi3278]

I remember seeing this bomb on Future Weapons back when Discovery Channel was still good.

[@PieterPatrick]

Do you also remember the time of MTV broadcasting music? ...The time I thought the future would be better. :-/

[@theblankettruth]

I grew up near the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant and once I joined the military spent a few days there. The plant is very proud of the MOAB and have a mock-up of it near the DFAC and administrative buildings.

[@adiabeticjedi3278]

I do actually remember MTV. It was never good in my opinion. Congrats man. It's good to take pride in what ya build.

[@airplanenut89]

Careful, showing your age there.

[@moistcakebytheocean3442]

RIP Mac.

[@danielwells7083]

We destroyed an entire cave complex, training camp, ISIS HQ, at least 94 of their men and 4 commanders. By all measures that was an excellent tactical move.

[@fattzmcgee6161]

250,000 well spent

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55]

But Orange Man Bad likes it so CNN told me I have to hate it... lol

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

@@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55 no problem. if u MAGA rats love MOAB so much, u will receive a surprise next 6 January...

[@danielwells7083]

@@fabioartoscassone9305 Not gonna happen.

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

@Heinrich Heinrich they are the same kind of scumbag of their friends of Raqqa

[@Gunner-73]

Hold my beer . I was on the east side of Baghdad 2004, if you been there, you know its the most beautiful spot in all of Iraq. We were taking sniper fire from a building, Col Abrahms decide in stead of sending a scout section to clear the building, he sent a Battery 1, thats 6 rounds of 155mm Howitzer. Needless to say it got the job done by dropping the whole building and didn't put any soldiers life in harms way. Smoke em if ya got em. El Sahdar complained Col Abrams had a heavy hand.

[@randolphkersey5155]

I was a 13b in my army stint. They don't call us the king of battle for nothing.

[@ike621]

6:50 that's my old MC-130H Combat Talon II. Sadly she has been retired.

[@davemeads859]

Mean looking plane tbh And I know it's cliche but thanks for your service

[@nateglasscock2883]

I flew the E and J slick. I miss them terribly. Always wanted to do the MC but didn’t want the TDY’s. Later transitioned to the MQ-9. I was flying the aircraft that filmed this footage that day. Thanks for your service, brother.

[@butterairways]

Must've been a thing and a half to fly. Amazing to see people like this I'm British but what you did was amazing thank you

[@paradox7358]

"You admire it." "I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."

[@1986f250diesel]

Alien?

[@pingwingugu5]

Yup

[@myownboss1]

Wow, a great quote!!! That and the quote from my other favorite Ridley Scott film with ‘tears in rain’...

[@EdD-ym6le]

Good one .

[@pingwingugu5]

@@myownboss1 the fact that the tears in the rain line was an improvisation makes it even better. Amazing movie.

[@davidhobbs3181]

I once read something by a Japanese poet cannot remember his name but his quote will never leave my brain he said we attacked their battleships and they burned us with the sun..

[@aidanacebo9529]

well they shouldn't have touched our boats.

[@Cheeseburgerlove]

@@aidanacebo9529 fr lmao

[@thecman26]

MC-130, the goliath I laugh in C-5

[@jliller]

"We really hoped you enjoyed this video." Indeed, it blew me away.

[@shadetreemech290]

I thought it was a blast!

[@sialmeckerjr]

The video was fire

[@BenRollinsActor]

I'm surprised that you didn't even mention the proper name of the MOAB. "Mother of all bombs" is a nickname. MOAB actually stands for "Massive Ordnance Air Burst".

[@danieljamescrow]

Air blast

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

@@danieljamescrow Air blame?air banana? air boom?

[@morganoverbay8783]

Air Biache..

[@memelurd7341]

​@@fabioartoscassone9305 air blimp

[@doesntmatter4477]

Air breast

[@iPwnR]

It was nice to see a video mentioning relevant topics that were interesting, yet polarizing, then proceeding to keep the content to fact not opinion.

[@davidlittle9010]

"Mother of all bombs" isn't its real name, as others mention. it's slang, based on Saddam Hussein telling the world they will face the "Mother of All Battles" if they attempted to dislodge him from Kuwait.

[@peigeot9906]

Annoyed that they never said what the abbreviation officially stands for which is "Massive Ordinance Air Blast"

[@morrisonreed1]

that wd disrupt the popes compassionate narrative

[@connorrobertscaptures1275]

Who doesn’t love a mega project about bombs!

[@zachaliles]

Brown countries?

[@laetrille]

Hi

[@alligator94gaming2]

The enamy

[@j.k.6865]

Anyone who is not from USA, Russia or China

[@markmallard3268]

@@alligator94gaming2 misspell

[@benhudman7911]

MOAB was supposed to mean massive ordinance air blast. We never called it mother. I don’t even know if it penetrated before detonating as the case was not meant for that purpose. We stuffed it in a cargo aircraft like a C17 or C130 and kicked it out the door.. I don’t even think you could suspend the silly thing from a rack since it was so flimsy. I like hard case bombs that are easy to torque to the rack.

[@WildeFyre69]

The Ordnance Air Burst bomb is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon currently. Thanks for the video Simon! Cheers!

[@howardbartlett3419]

Mother of all bombs is only a nickname. MOAB officially stands for Massive Ordinance Air Blast. It probably would have been nice to mention this in the video.

[@pikkuhukkis]

what, are we in the business of dealing Actual information? o_0

[@howardbartlett3419]

@@pikkuhukkis lol

[@howardbartlett3419]

@rwsthedemonking Yes it is true. The charge detonates approximately 2 meters before impact, therefore it is an air burst. If you don't believe me about the name, feel free to check some sources. www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001732840/ www.defensenews.com/air/2017/04/13/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-mother-of-all-bombs/

[@krakaan9763]

@rwsthedemonking Except the Air force specifically named it Massive Ordinance Air Blast and you're full of BS.

[@howardbartlett3419]

@rwsthedemonking Considering that my first source was the United States Department of Defense, I'm not to worried about the accuracy of the information. Have fun with the guys around town bud.

[@JohnDoe-vm2di]

ISIS: “That MOAB is a war crime. How dare you?” US: “hehehe, MOAB go brrrrr”

[@JohnDoe-vm2di]

@@busimagen money printer also go brrrrr

[@kmk8168]

@John Doe haha inflation goes brrrr

[@owen368]

I think moab goes boom

[@DracoAvian]

No, no. ISIS is kind of the authority on war crimes. They would know one when they see one.

[@Fleato]

good thing isis doesnt set the standard for a war crime XD

[@HennaUroose]

Bloons TD 6 Fans Watching: what.... Why Did The Monkeys Lend The Technology To The Bloons Again? Uhhh.

[@huntermay8322]

I liked this video because you made it in a logical standpoint for military tactics over media blowing things out of proportion.

[@rreichar1]

One reason this hasn’t been used much is the delivery platform. A C-130 at altitude can really only function as a bomber in uncontested airspace. Even though it is a precision guided weapon the significant blast radius makes it far less precision and of less utility in the type of wars being fought these days. Hopefully that will remain true int he future.

[@goldenhate6649]

That and air force officers really don’t like using it. The other thing he got wring was President Trump gave permission to strike the base, not the weapon choice. We really weren’t supposed to use it that day, instead using smaller thermobarrics.

[@Rotorhead1651]

Hey, "almost" counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, Global Thermonuclear War,..... ......and now the MOAB.

[@computernaut]

Megaprojects after inventing the Cold War: "Business is booming."

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Would you say business is.... Blazing?

[@SovereignwindVODs]

i see what you did there ;)

[@ryandowney8743]

Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition #34: "War is good for business."

[@Aaron-wq3jz]

U mean business is BLASTING

[@kylewilson1539]

This is so cool. I live about 5 miles away from Eglin Air Force Base and about 10 miles away from the museum where it shows the MOAB!

[@genehunsinger3981]

the "cost" of a bomb is irrelevant ,when it saves friendlys lives.

[@moose2577]

Fun fact: there's an inert MOAB on display at the entrance to McAlester OK from the south on highway 69! Along with examples of all the other bombs the ammo plant there makes.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

Don't listen to this Bullshit troll lmao, he says the DOD is wrong when it comes to the munitions' real name.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

@rwsthedemonking You get bombed every day in Oklahoma eh? I'm sure. Go LARP with your xbox friends

[@WDMtea]

Hey 69 ah yes multiple speed traps

[@popsiclefart]

You can set your clocks by the start of the blasts at 11:00 AM. A few minutes later, you can see the plume rise from the south-southwest. McAlester is a neat place to live.

[@Ratkill9000]

Need to create a bigger bomb, called the Mother-in-Law of All Bombs, M-LAB for short. Much more destructive than MOAB, with a capability of making every married soldier surrender when it shows up.

[@manofcultura]

If we deploy an emp weapon, let’s name it Hillary Clinton. For its power to delete emails and destroy electronic devices.

[@Ratkill9000]

And leaves is one hell of a body count behind its wake.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

@@manofcultura I second this

[@jimtaylor294]

@@manofcultura This; or just "The Clinton" XD. The Tillman Battleships were after all also named for an odious politician.

[@Tonatsi]

After the MOAB, the logical next is BFB, the Big Fucking Bomb. If that’s not enough, you can go for the ZOMG, the Zealous Ordinance of Mass Granulation.

[@Nitrodozer]

Now I'm on a watchlist, thank you.

[@copper12heavy69]

"You can run and you can hide but you're just going to die tired and dirty". Heard that from a soldier on one of those history channel shows about bunker buster type munitions.

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

The pope doesn’t like that it’s called a “mother” Let’s call it the “crater creator”

[@KCJbomberFTW]

“The de-escalator”

[@kdrapertrucker]

Actually it doesn't make a crater, it creates a cloud of fuel vapor and ignites it, this creates an overpressure like a nuclear bomb, and if it doesn't collapse the target, it sucks all the air out of the target and suffocated those inside.

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

@@kdrapertrucker doesnt exactly roll off the tongue as well, but thanks for the info

[@bagustesa]

*groundbreaking*

[@Jharrisimages]

How about "Defender of the Faith" like everything else that killed Muslims and got the support of Holy Mother Church?

[@KaeptnTerror]

The Pope: A mother gives live, this device brings death. You can't call this a mother! America: Big bomb makes big boom

[@dx1450]

Yes, we can, because it sure is a big mother!

[@lst141]

Big bomb makes a Big Bang!!!!

[@anadaere6861]

Mother nature: *laughs in plagues*

[@gordonlawrence1448]

It makes me wonder how he got to be Pope. An important part of being a priest is being able to understand the Bible. This means you have to know about Cultural Artefacts that define the semantic range (range of definitions) of a word. Cultural artefacts not only change over time and by culture but even by city within that culture. That is critical for good critical engagement with any text. He should know that.

[@ryanskilnick1985]

Mothers also kills it’s called an abortion

[@CreepinCreeper01]

I was in 5th grade when they tested the Moab at eglin I remember my classroom shaking 31 miles away.

[@supremegodemperorpalpatine4872]

Firecrackers? LOL. What we have in the arsenal today would make Fat Man and Little Boy look like pop caps...

[@Glasher1]

"Make no mistake, they are out there lurking." GOOD!

[@rocktcop]

Pronounced with 2 syllables - MO, as in "Hey Mo!" and AB, as in Absolutely. The "Daisy Cutter" isn't so much the bomb itself as it is the TRIGGER.

[@seventhson27]

So, just where do we see those grid fins being used now (rhetorical questions)?

[@budwhite9591]

My grandfather worked at Egl in AFB and worked on the GBU program. I even got to go to a few bomb tests.

[@genericscottishchannel1603]

i think the reason they kneecapped the tsar bomba was so the bomber could get away

[@dasdasdsdasdasdasd363]

I'd say so. Also, I'm pretty sure making bombs bigger than the Tsar results in the extra power of the explosion dissipating into space.

[@tonamg53]

Even with that they only gave like 50% chance the plane would make it back in one piece. At 100 megatons the plane would probably just get vaporised into plasma…

[@nickclark9240]

The Russians needed to find a guy that could outrun the fuse he just lit...LOL

[@Jason-fm4my]

MOAB 2: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to school.

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

Now we have the "Father Of All Duds" in office. FOAD.

[@dankuchar6821]

He's not a dud. He's done an excellent job of overtaxing this, ruining the economy, and making prices skyrocket. He's a very successful president for the boneheads that voted for him.

[@hobbyman47]

@@dankuchar6821 literally boned heads voted for him. Those guys still manage to vote even they are 100++ years old and 6ft under.

[@512TheWolf512]

a shame you didn't talk about HOW it works, because that is actually the most remarkable thing about it

[@that1guy73075]

Fun Fact: There was a parade held in Mcalester, OK celebrating the fact that it had been used. Was a fun day.

[@ecchikitty1395]

'This atomic bomb is equal to 3 million tons of TNT!' 'Are we sure about that? Has anyone actually blown up a 3 million ton pile of TNT?' '.....huh.' *one development cycle later, MOAB*

[@grahamduncan3049]

Yes, look up the Halifax, Canada explosion of the Second World War. A fully loaded ordinance supply ship in the harbour had it's entire cargo at once somehow.

[@sooners2037]

The Halifax explosion occured during World War I

[@jc-ke3ll]

I like this guy. He has a very fair and nuanced view on it

[@Svensk7119]

I must disagree about the negative press angle. Americans have been studying precision munitions for generations.

[@gwyn.]

8:50 *”Bring forth the Holy Hand Grenade”*

[@genobreaker1054]

One thing that never seems to get brought up: The US never had any interest in larger nuclear warheads. Diminishing returns meant that you had to use far more nuclear material to get a destructive area that wasn't actually much bigger. The US capped it's nukes at what it believed was optimally efficient. Though there was a proposal for a new TYPE of nuke that would go beyond even H bombs, it was never pursued.

[@georgeevans2662]

It may have been 5 or 6 years ago, I driving north on NW Florida's SR-81 near a small community known as Ponce de Leon. The weather was beautiful. Sunny, blue sky. No clouds. As I drove, I glanced to my left and saw a very high column of white smoke. I had no clue, but I was fairly sure it was not a fire. I had obviously not heard any noise that caused it, because I was so far away. Later, that night, as I watched local news on TV, I learned that Eglin AFB had detonated a MOAB. Eglin was 25 or 35 miles west of my car's location when I saw the smoke.

[@TheBudgetGunCollector]

This is my line of work, the dropping of the MOAB was a couple years before my time in but some of my coworkers know people who worked on the bomb when it was getting ready for dropping

[@Jon-eq7mt]

Opposition saying don’t use this weapon is giving me trench gun vibes

[@nucflashevent]

I remember when the FLIR footage was released thinking that this was likely *the* most efficient place to use such a massive warhead, speaking to the natural geography behaving like a bowl, etc. Looking at the picture, there are a lot of places in North Korea that look very similar.

[@phamnuwen9442]

Defeating North Korea isn't the problem. Defeating China is the problem.

[@ButtKickington]

@@phamnuwen9442 The problem isn't even that. The issue is defeating them without slaughtering everyone and becoming a worse monster. We need to take a page from The Art of War and gain victory without fighting. Too bad China literally wrote the book.

[@FedericoLucchi]

So, you suggest to massacre a whole country because you don't like its leader? Really boosts my faith in humanity!

[@FedericoLucchi]

@@ButtKickington Why are people even suggesting that China or NK should be defeated?? They are not seeking war, USA is!!! Biden even attacked Trump for meeting with Kim, suggesting that there shouldn't be any diplomacy, just war! I'm amazed at how blood-thirsty American leaders are!

[@ButtKickington]

@@FedericoLucchi I agree. I said victory without fighting. No war, no bloodshed would be the best thing. Glad to see diplomacy beginning to shake-out in the middle-east too. The human rights violations of China and North Korea are morally reprehensible, but not nearly as bad as war could be. China and North Korea were both divided into two countries by wars that never really ended. Taiwan and Hong Kong want their freedom and North and South Korea are still split. If there's ever going to be peace, the gaps needs to be bridged. It's not so much defeating a country, but resolving an ongoing conflict.

[@brosrcool]

Wow, It was two years ago I first watched this? Time flys

[@infoscholar5221]

MOAB is an acronym for Massive Ordinance Air Blast. The "mother" sobriquette is actually a derisive reference to Saddam Hussain's remark, at, just before the Coalition invasion of Iraq in '91; that there would ensue "The Mother of all Battles."

[@surferdude4487]

It wouldn't work on my Ex Mother-In-Law. She's a hard target.

[@Josh-tx8sj]

Same here

[@abbush2921]

All mother in laws and wives are like that .

[@Josh-tx8sj]

@@abbush2921 I like to think mine was the worst

[@HoLeeChit11]

Would you like it to be tested on her, maybe?

[@surferdude4487]

@@HoLeeChit11 No. The bomb would likely destroy everything and everyone around her but still not get the job done.

[@onlyme9254]

Store owner. "can I help you sir?" Customer. "yes I need to mow my lawn in spectacular fashion, do you happen to have the (daisy cutter) in stock?" 🤔

[@MeaHeaR]

I "like" how this guy casually, offhandidly remarks about the death of thousands of Vietnamese troops but mentions the Sad death of three U.S. troops

[@Rachen1992]

Got to watch it before anyone in the public. Was pretty awesome.

[@ClixWizard]

I believe that "Mother of all Bombs" is simply a nickname. MOAB (pronounced "mow-ab") stands for Massive Ordnance Air Burst because of how the explosive is aerosoled before detonating.

[@3dduff]

The MOAB is a thermobaric bomb. That is a VERY important distinction when talking about the MOAB. It is technically in a different category them most conventional bombs. That category of thermobaric bombs has also tried to be abolished by the UN...but the USA didn't attend that meeting.

[@1pcfred]

Obama did sign us up for the napalm treaty though. Which was very un-American of him. I mean we invented the stuff!

[@Warhawk76]

We don't care what the UN says about how we are allowed to kill the enemy. You kinda lose credibility when you put places like China and Cuba on your "human rights panel".

[@3dduff]

@@1pcfred I would say that makes us MORE American. It tells the world: Yes we invented this, but we agree this is a cruel weapon. And we will show LEADERSHIP by vowing to ban its uses.

[@TheUserid82]

@@Warhawk76 The UN is a joke when China, France, Russia, UK and US all have veto power. Only things those 5 don't care about would get passed and worst case the US can simply expel them from the lands inside the US and simply ignore anything they try to enforce.

[@1pcfred]

@@3dduff cruel weapons are the instruments that win wars. If you do not realize that then you likely do not know what the purpose of warfare is. Which is to compel your enemy to have a change of heart. That only happens when you present them with a reality they cannot live with. The ultimate goal of war is to destroy your enemy's will to resist. There's little better way of doing that than burning their children alive either. Trust me on this one. I know people.

[@SaltyWarPig]

The President didn't actually specifically authorize the GBU-43 for this mission because it didn't need to be authorized by the President. It is in the same class of weapon as any other aviation ordnance. The battlefield commander can order its use as he/she sees fit.

[@JonSmith-yq1dw]

Stranger..... Stranger now that's a weapon!

[@generalb5779]

I was thinking about MOABs yesterday and then I get this today, perfect timing!

[@learntowaterski]

It's a dumpster full of explosives. Genius

[@phamnuwen9442]

That's a good idea. You should patent it and sell it for half the price. A shipping container full of explosives is another alternative. Makes logistics easier.

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

'Murica.

[@fangslaughter1198]

MOAB= Massive Ordanance Air Blast. Mother of all Bombs is a sarcastic reference, to Saddam Hussein's comment about how the first Iraq invasion will be "The mother of all battles" He was both shocked and awed

[@fooman2108]

Gen. Richard Horner (commander of the coalition air forces in Desert Storm) was told that Saddam was laughing because the USAF could not find him, his response was simple he released a camera view from the nose of an F-117 of the front door of Sadam's palace in Baghdad. This worked....for about a week, when asked again about it, he gave the reporters a single sheet with numbers and letters in rows across it. When he was asked what it was he replied that Saddam had resorted to traveling around the country AT NIGHT, in RECREATIONAL VEHICLES!!! If we wanted to kill him do you really think it would be too hard?