Donald Trump considers using the MOAB, the mother of all bombs, against Iran: 10,000 kilograms and the explosive power of eleven tons of TNT
The United States is considering launching a forceful attack on its energy infrastructure
The conflict between the United States and Iran continues unabated. The U.S. military does not rule out, according to sources consulted by CNN , using the so-called MOAB to attack its energy and nuclear infrastructure. The acronym MOAB stands for Massive Ordnance Air Blast and it is popularly known as the mother of all bombs .
These attack plans, if carried out, would represent a turning point in the conflict between the United States and Iran , according to CNN's analysis. The aforementioned outlet maintains that Donald Trump is being pressured to bring the conflict to an end, and his advisers describe the use of the MOAB as a "decisive" step. Everything indicates, in any case, that the White House will not make any abrupt changes in direction until the midterm elections are held, next November 3 .
Trump would send a symbolic message by using the MOAB
CNN, after speaking with several officials familiar with the situation, notes that some of them do not consider using the MOAB to be truly effective in destroying Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Despite its great destructive power, it would not have, according to these sources, sufficient penetration capability to destroy certain facilities.
Beyond its effectiveness from a military standpoint, the aforementioned outlet suggests that the use of these weapons could serve the United States to send a symbolic message to Iran . The latest armed conflict between the two territories began last February of this year.
The MOAB, or GBU-43/B , is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the United States arsenal. It weighs 10,000 kilograms, its blast radius is 1.4 kilometers , and its destructive power is equivalent to eleven tons of TNT . The U.S. military used it for the first time in a real war scenario in April 2017 . At the time, Donald Trump was also the occupant of the White House , and he used it in Afghanistan against the Islamic State.
