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Nevernose

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7. We had 18 left

Reply to HoneyBadger (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 09:13 AM

Apr 2017

Two were used for the initial tests, back in 2003. The remaining 18 have just been sitting around an AF base, all lonely, nobody to kill... In fact, the AF transferred this bomb to Afghanistan while Obama was still president.

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We had 18 left Nevernose Apr 2017 #7

So if we ever leave Afghanistan, we have to ship them back? HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #8

No, apparently the other 17 are still in the US Nevernose Apr 2017 #9