MOAB: The Mother of All Bombs

[@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

[@Lazy_Tim]

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

[@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

[@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

[@_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.

[@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.

[@NapoleChan]

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.

[@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

[@bobleeswagger5850]

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

[@steelrz44]

Hello darkness my old friend

[@SEHC_SOG_13]

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!! 😂😂

[@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😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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....

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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.

[@Doubledusss790]

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]

@@Doubledusss790they were probably parachuting

[@GraveDigger46]

​@@Doubledusss790 🤣

[@Ob1sdarkside]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@TheRealDuckofDeath]

@@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/

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@nickedwards4717]

MOAB actually stands for massive ordinance airburst bomb

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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*

[@ScruffMcGruff86]

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

[@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

[@rayjacobs1146]

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

[@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

[@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

[@HennaUroose]

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

[@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.

[@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?" 🤔

[@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.

[@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.

[@Glasher1]

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

[@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.

[@generalb5779]

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

[@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.

[@that1guy73075]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@supremegodemperorpalpatine4872]

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

[@Jason-fm4my]

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

[@mike-ph3fk]

Cartman voice* 'Sweet'

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Jon-eq7mt]

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

[@tylergarrett4498]

We made them where I live and when that one got dropped we had a parade, carting around several types of bombs(inert) before putting them out for display on the southern edge of town. We also used to have a pretty good prison rodeo here too.

[@huntermay8322]

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

[@gwyn.]

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

[@matthewbbq4774]

Gotta love the condescending language of our friends across the pond

[@nickclark9240]

Yeah, I could tell that he was holding back his "political" opinion on this one.

[@lsxbird7874]

@Max Smith should we take a history lesson back to 1945? Or did you just doze off in school

[@swrennie]

I didn't get that vibe. Why do you feel you were being talked down to?

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@@lsxbird7874 Yes we need a WWII history lesson or at least you do. EG the Battle of Britain had already been won before any involvement from the USA. The USA had only two out of the 5 D-Day beaches. America inflicted less than 10% of Nazi casualties. IE 373,000 out of 5.5 Million. That comes from the Bienial Report of the (US) Chief of Staff to the (US) Secretary of war dated 30th June 1945. And before you whinge about "Americans fought in the Battle of Britain" There were mechanics amongst their number IE 2. Not even enough for a single flight never mind squadron. Flight crew? 9. Even if they were all fighter pilots that would still account for less than 1%. As for the equipment we got from the USA we had to pay for every single bit of it. That is basically profiteering under the circumstances. We were still paying for that lot right up to 31st December 2006. So take your idiotic jingoism and LEARN THE FACTS.

[@beejay7665]

@@gordonlawrence1448 Awesome clap back! 👍 I wasn’t aware of the meager number of casualties attributed to the U.S.; thanks for the data and source

[@tehbonehead]

See... I tried subscribing to all of Simon's channels, and it went like this: Phone: *BEEP! (Simon posted) Phone: *BEEP! (Simon posted) Phone: *BEEP! (Simon posted) Phone: *BEEP! (Simon posted) Phone: *BEEP! (Simon posted) Phone: *BEEP! (Simon posted) Girlfriend: WHO THE HELL DAT B!TCH BE BLOWIN UP YOUR PHONE?! And now I'm single... thanks, Simon!

[@alexsimonenko465]

F

[@sandybarnes887]

All 10 channels? U r a legend

[@tehbonehead]

@@sandybarnes887 It's been a rough road, but these things are important... 🤣

[@sandybarnes887]

@@tehbonehead Business Blaze Mega Projects Side Projects Top Tenz Today I Found Out Biographics Geographics Highlight History Visual Politik EN The Brainfood Podcast I may have missed one :)

[@Stettafire]

Simple solution, turn off push notifications. I like Simon but that would drive me insane

[@jasperaartsen8990]

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

[@smoove_]

3 times actually

[@ninja23yt]

Ah, like when Krakatoa erupted

[@TheBenghaziRabbit]

When Simons' writer fails..... this video.

[@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.

[@stellarch4986]

Some precisions regarding the Soviet Tsar Bomba ( also named Ivan, RDS-220 or AN-602 ) and the American Mk-41 bomb also called B41. The Tsar Bomba initially willed by Krutschev to be 100 MT was reduced to 50 MT because Professor Andreï Sakharov quickly saw that the initial fireball would be larger than the thickness of earth's atmosphere and thus requested from Krutschev to reduce its design yield to 50 MT which was agreed. The Tsar Bomba actually detonated with a yield of 57.3 MT at 11:32 AM Moscow time on October 30th 1961 and only one was ever built. There were 5 other Tsar bomba casings which are on display in various Russian museums but these are and always have been empty. After the test, Sakharov refused to build any other bomb for the Soviet Union and as a punishment was assigned to residence. He also received the 1963 Nobel Peace Prize for his stance against thermonuclear weapons. So to sum it up, only one Tsar Bomba ever was built. It never went into production. On the other hand, the US Mk-41, not as powerful but very very terrifying, was mass produced ( 600 Mk-41 were built by the US ) and the Soviet Union most powerful thermonukes had the same yield as the Mk-41 aka 25 MT and not as much of those were produced. Furthermore, mass for yield, the US bombs were roughly three times lighter than their Russian counterparts ( Mk-41 weighed roughly 10 tons. The Soviet equivalent weighed approx 22 tons ( the Tsar weighed 27 tons ). Also, the Mk-41, although never directly tested, resulted from the shots Zuni and Tewa during the Redwing nuclear tests operation in 1956 which validated the three stage model of the Ulam-Teller design. The Redwing Zuni shot yielded only 3.5 MT but no more was needed. From that moment, the US mastered the 3 stages or more technology and could have built bombs far more powerful than the Tsar. Designs up to one Gigaton and more were studied but never ever built and those would have been impossible to test ( Imagine destroying and killing everything in a two to three thousand miles radius from Ground Zero ) and impossible to use even in an all out nuclear war scenario. Only possibility of usage for such weapons would be in case a large asteroid were to approach and threaten to hit the Earth. Then and only then it would make sense to build for example a 5 GT warhead ( = 100 Tsars ) to send into space and try and vaporize said asteroid.... ( provided a rocket able to dispatch such a heavy bomb would exist )..

[@jayburn00]

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

[@Mondo762]

Hiding behind women and children isn't going to help against this weapon.

[@deathbydeviceable]

Hold my beer

[@deathbydeviceable]

@SidtheKid so will china, so what's your point exactly?

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

pretty much nailed usa foreign policy

[@bingusmingus2937]

@@deathbydeviceable I think his point was “America will bomb women and children” it was pretty clear actually

[@deathbydeviceable]

@@bingusmingus2937 yeah, so will china and islam. I still don't see your points

[@alm5992]

"When an enemy carries the fearsome power of the gods..." Woah, I would watch those words around ISIS.

[@andreasbuder4417]

MOAB: I am the biggest conventional bomb of ALL TIME. FOAB: No.

[@RubberDuckLP]

Why does everyone ignore the FOAB

[@bagelmaster2498]

@@RubberDuckLP the foab is a thermobaric weapon

[@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.

[@burnsloads]

I can't help but think Simon is some sort of intelligence asset.

[@AkaAka_AkaAka]

MOAB (Massive Ordinance Air Blast) Just for info.

[@AkaAka_AkaAka]

@rwsthedemonking 2000-2005 Stationed Eglin AFB I was there for the test in 2003 and worked in communications supporting the computer systems used in it's testing as part of the 96th Communications Squadron... MOAB does indeed stand for Massive Ordinance Air Blast... and not Mother Of All Bombs...

[@AkaAka_AkaAka]

That's nice... they and you are wrong... but that's a nice story... It's even on the Wiki article for the damn thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB In the AF times articles for the MOAB www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1151350/us-bombs-destroys-khorasan-group-stronghold-in-afghanistan/ The NY Times article even gets it right. www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/world/asia/moab-mother-of-all-bombs-afghanistan.html Even the DOD site lists it as the Massive Air Ordinance Blast www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001240946/ MOAB officially stands for Massive Air Ordinance Blast.

[@seachallenger]

@@AkaAka_AkaAka I wouldn't waste your time on him, he's a clueless troll. he's been arguing against everyone with his bullshit claims.

[@AkaAka_AkaAka]

@rwsthedemonking LOL some Rando... the NYtimes the AirForce News or the DOD themselves apparently... XD XD XD

[@thevalorousdong7675]

@rwsthedemonking You already got wrecked in the other comments, go LARP in Portland or something.

[@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.

[@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

[@gregoryb7485]

I’m just glad this guy isn’t in charge of anybody’s military

[@iamunnameable]

The “Mother of All Bombs” (Moe-Ab) is an unofficial nickname given to it. One commenter stated the official name “Massive Ordinance Air Blast”. These unofficial nicknames are common such as the DUKW amphibious truck called the “Duck” and the B-52 is called the “BUFF” (for “Big Ugly Fat Fella” or “Big Ugly Fat F****er”). Love the vids and keep up the good work!

[@MajesticSkywhale]

Mo-ab, two syllables

[@Ratkill9000]

Unless your Whiteboy7thSt and you have a hard-on for being an idiot.

[@Fearls1]

English is hard, even for English! LOL

[@WildeFyre69]

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

[@ShiftingDrifter]

"Out there lurking..." Yes these evil bombs have a special penchant for "lurking"

[@morskojvolk]

...ready to _pounce..._

[@vladsnape6408]

The latest nuclear hypersonic missiles and nuclear torpedos from Russia are capable of 'lurking' for months, but of course these are missiles, not just 'bombs'.

[@morskojvolk]

@@vladsnape6408 r/whoosh...

[@rrai1999]

@@vladsnape6408 Yes, whatever you say Vlad..

[@crazyunclelou8419]

@@rrai1999 as part of the silent service, I can confirm that we have seen what seems to be a torpedo that can lurk (maybe not for weeks). Not dissimilar from a cruise missile mated with a sub. And an extended power source. And they're hard as fuck to see on sonar... Because they can stop. Fortunately, like all the scary shit Russia seems to come up with they can sustain very long past testing these things, Or keep up the quality of them. Their "super subs". Their gen 4.5? (If that) jets. Whatever ridiculous tanks they tested. The list goes on.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

I die a little more when people call it "Mother of All Bombs" instead of "Massive Ordinance Air Blast"

[@scowler92]

Just call it BIG BUAH!

[@generalzucc462]

The “fuck you projectile”

[@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.

[@Svensk7119]

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

[@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

[@512TheWolf512]

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

[@jayh1947]

What about the fuel air bomb. Fuel is sprayed out then it is ignited. Massive explosion.............Jay

[@thepewplace1370]

thermobaric... thats what the russian FOAB. It doesnt really work by "spraying" fuel, but rather has a series of explosions: a small det releases a large cloud of fuel into the surrounding air which is then ignited by a secondary which uses the oxidizer of the air to make a much higher yield weapon than the size would allow carrying conventional explosive

[@spongebobsquarepant5543]

what a F.A.B idea...

[@timschutte6924]

That is called an Isoberik bomb. I probably spelled it wrong but that type of bomb was basically invented and used in afganistan for the massive caves that were there between Pakistan

[@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.

[@loganv0410]

Pronounced "mo - ab", like the town in UT Kill the pontifications.

[@Na0uta]

"Normally there's no good reason to use this. But I think I could make an exception this time..."

[@charleswomack2166]

For some reason, Simon and his intro theme remind me of a similar show here in the US, called Mythbusters. The whole premise of the show was these nerdy engineer types(not meant offensively), much like Simon, would spend increasingly vast sums of money on testing popular scientific myths. The show was very interesting and well done, much like Megaprojects!

[@tomw6947]

Myth busters used to be very popular here in the UK aswell about 15-10 years ago. But then it just disappeared and was never on TV anymore apart from KZbin of course.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@@tomw6947 It ended up on freeview for a while. I used to watch it at uni in 2012. The final season finished early 2016.

[@tenkloosterherman]

@@tomw6947 I wouldn't mind if they repeated the whole series. Pure fun, although sometimes they cut some corners.

[@thecman26]

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

[@LOUNGELIQ]

Next: russian FOAB Father of All Bombs

[@sammygirlie345]

Hold my tsar bomba

[@DonHrvato]

TSAR BOMBA

[@DMS-pq8]

When China develops the Mother in-law of all bombs we are in trouble

[@jimtaylor294]

Tsar Bomb*. The A is redundant.

[@jimtaylor294]

@@DMS-pq8 This XD

[@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

[@kyledun2095]

This dude hosts a lot of KZbin series

[@Rachen1992]

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