It should be FOAB, not MOAB!

[MineralMan]

It's not mothers who want wars and violence, in my experience.

[delisen]

1. Pure Projection on the part of the bomb makers and namers.

[yallerdawg]

2. Knowing the military...

they just left one letter out.

Just another SNAFU.

[ileus]

3. Should be big assed bomb, who cares what the name is.

I think we went over this yesterday.

[Wounded Bear]

4. We adopted it from the Arab culture...

Besides, anybody around here really more afraid of their fathers than their mothers?

[aidbo]

5. That's in Russia

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-father-of-all-bombs-russias-answer-to-the-moab-2017-4

[femmocrat]

6. Rachel talked about the military's naming bombs last night.

She talked about the "Daisy Cutter" in particular.

Just in case anyone doesn't know:

The bomb’s technical name is GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb. It became known in military circles as the “mother of all bombs” because of its size and power.

http://www.ajc.com/news/local-military/what-the-mother-all-bombs-and-what-does/MIfXaYYaPyCaraZNF4UOcK/