A Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon is prepared for Testing at the Eglin Air Force Armament Center
2003-03-11
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/b03112003_bt110-03.html
DoD photo. (Released)
A Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon is prepared for testing at the Eglin Air Force Armament Center on March 11, 2003. The MOAB is a precision-guided munition weighing 21,500 pounds and will be dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft for the test. It will be the largest non-nuclear conventional weapon in existence. The MOAB is an Air Force Research Laboratory technology project that began in fiscal year 2002 and is to be completed this year.
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