Read More. The strike "targeted a system of tunnels and cave that ISIS fighters use to move around freely. The US and Afghan forces were unable to advance because ISIS had mined the area with explosives, so the bomb was dropped to clear the tunnels, Mohib said.
Trump declined to say whether he personally signed off on the strike, but did comment, "Everybody knows exactly what happens. So, what I do is I authorize our military. MOAB bomb: Related stories. He continued, "We have given them total authorization and that's what they're doing. Asked about Trump's "total authorization" comments, a senior administration official declined to specify whether the President indeed ordered the strike in Afghanistan.
But the official said that in general, "We don't approve every strike," adding that, "This administration has moved further away" from dictating military strategy from the White House. Trump won't say if he signed off on bomb use The President has granted military commanders broader latitude to act independently on several battlefields where US forces are involved, which Trump touted as making a "tremendous difference" in the fight against ISIS. Republican hawks were quick to voice their support for the strike Thursday.
Asked about this Thursday, President Donald Trump said: "I don't know if this sends a message" to North Korea, before appearing to dismiss the suggestion. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai tweeted that he condemned the strike in the "strongest words" — and claimed his country was being used as a "testing ground.
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Share this —. Follow NBC News. The bomb is designed to damage underground facilities and tunnels. That distinction belongs to the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, a bunker-buster which weighs a colossal 30,lb. Russia has developed its own massive conventional bomb, nicknamed the Father Of All Bombs. The FOAB is a kind of fuel-air bomb, technically known as a thermobaric weapon.
Thermobaric bombs generally detonate in two stages: a small blast creates a cloud of explosive material which is then ignited, generating a devastating pressure wave. A significant part of the effect of weapons like the MOAB is said to be psychological - to instil terror by the massive force of the blast.
The B83, a bomb that uses the fission process, releases a blast equivalent to 1,, tons of TNT , making it 80 times more powerful than Little Boy and about , times stronger than the MOAB. Yasmin Tayag. Splitting protons and neutrons releases way more energy than picking off electrons.
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