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Awesome historical weapons – part iv
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2. • During the time of its development, the Mother of
all Bombs or the officially named GBU-43/B
Massice Ordinance was considered the most
powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed.
• Tested on March 11, 2003, its blast can destroy 9
city blocks with a radius of 137.61 m. A larger
version of 13 tons was reportedly developed.
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4. • Nicknamed “Father of All Bombs” (FOAB),
this is a Russian-made air-delivered/land-
activated thermobaric weapon.
• In describing the bomb’s destructive
power, Russian deputy chief of the general
staff Alexander Rukshin was quoted as
saying, “all that is alive merely
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6. • Remember those enormous
mushroom cloud explosions in history
books? Well those were caused by
these guys. The Tsar Bomb had a
mass of 27 tons and would create a
fireball with a radius of 3.5 kilometers.
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8. • With twin nuclear reactors that
don’t need refueling for 23 years
and bays that are capable of
holding up to 130 F/A-18 Hornets
just the appearance of this carrier
in any region is enough to
influence global politics.
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10. • The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed,
(formerly Airborne Laser) weapons system
is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen
iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside a
modified Boeing 747-400F. It is primarily
designed as a missile defense system to
destroy tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs)
but funding for the program was cut in
