Episode 921 • • 17:22 - 21:50
921: Bagels & Bins
GBU-43 MOAB Deployment in Afghanistan Cave Complexes
The U.S. military dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), known as the "Mother of All Bombs," on an ISIS tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan. General John Nicholson confirmed the tactical strike was intended to collapse caves and eliminate fighters without civilian casualties. CNN and Deutsche Welle provided coverage featuring local Afghans describing the massive concussion of the blast.