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45. The bomb has been nearby for 10 years

Reply to Greensix1 (Reply #29)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 10:14 AM

Apr 2017

I do not get the impression that it was a secret. Perhaps the enemy built a bomb shelter in tbat time

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36 ISIS fighters killed by US 'mother of all bombs': Afghan official [View all] leftynyc Apr 2017 OP

Thankfully no children killed by our bomb this time HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #1

The location was pretty remote leftynyc Apr 2017 #2

That number is for all 20 MOABs that were ordered madville Apr 2017 #64

LOL lies Apr 2017 #3

I am fairly sure that paying ISIS cash not to fight would end badly HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #4

Consider the alternative lies Apr 2017 #6

"we've not only lost Iraq to militants then Iran, and god knows how that'll end up" maxsolomon Apr 2017 #48

You've misread it lies Apr 2017 #49

Your cost is off. Each MOAB costs 16 million. Cattledog Apr 2017 #8

Ahhh lies Apr 2017 #14

$170,000 each, per the updated Business Insider article. n/t sl8 Apr 2017 #73

Last "big kill" the failed raid, Republicans called the Moms carrying babies "fighters". Sunlei Apr 2017 #40

Same in Vietnam HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #42

How did these so-called officials do the body count? Fred Sanders Apr 2017 #5

IMO,36 adults were holed up in the ancient caves & rather than wait them out, they flattened area. Sunlei Apr 2017 #41

What you said and then some. eom sprinkleeninow Apr 2017 #62

You watch from overhead for X time... Baconator Apr 2017 #71

As destructive as the bomb has been promoted, how would they find anything left to count? KewlKat Apr 2017 #7

Sounds like the objective was to destroy the tunnels, not to kill enemy fighters ColemanMaskell Apr 2017 #9

When do you expense the cost of a bomb? HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #11

Isis in Afghanistan???? colbertforpresident Apr 2017 #28

I recall hearing about some ISIS in Afghanistan a couple years ago xor Apr 2017 #59

They picked a cozy corner on the border... Baconator Apr 2017 #72

And the $314 million was the cost for 20 such bombs, apparently. $16 million per each. ColemanMaskell Apr 2017 #10

The caves that have been used for centuries where the Buddha spoke? Sunlei Apr 2017 #12

oh no. They_Live Apr 2017 #37

doesn't seem like 'the bomb' authorized by 'the president' was a precision strike. Sunlei Apr 2017 #38

When the blast radius is a mile, having laser guiding is kind of Wile E Coyote... Thor_MN Apr 2017 #69

Kanheri-cave-90.jpg xor Apr 2017 #61

Entire mountians are full of caves, carved rock caverns. centuries of trade & use. Sunlei Apr 2017 #66

Doesn't mean this one was. EX500rider Apr 2017 #70

I'm sure Trump is pleased, and soaking up the approval. But, Chemisse Apr 2017 #13

And with North Korea leftynyc Apr 2017 #15

They seem to have walked back the nuclear bomb test HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #43

The anniversary is tomorrow leftynyc Apr 2017 #47

They displayed some new missile hardware HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #67

That was my thought Luka Boyd Apr 2017 #17

Are you saying it would've been better if more people were killed? oberliner Apr 2017 #16

Since we're talking about isis leftynyc Apr 2017 #18

Understood oberliner Apr 2017 #21

CNN made a point this morning leftynyc Apr 2017 #25

What do you suppose the point of the bombing was, then? To prompt negotiations? WinkyDink Apr 2017 #34

Destroy tunnels? oberliner Apr 2017 #35

Yes, the tunnels are now "clear" HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #46

As per a early report duncang Apr 2017 #65

Details details ananda Apr 2017 #19

So what's that shake out to? Half a million per fighter? Vinca Apr 2017 #20

So Much For Running Gov't Like A Business, Huh? ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #32

pshaaaw tazkcmo Apr 2017 #53

What he's actually doing not fooled Apr 2017 #60

There is something wrong with this info..I mean How did they INdemo Apr 2017 #22

My thoughts completely. sprinkleeninow Apr 2017 #63

The Russians claim to have a bomb four times more powerful called the Father of All Bombs. tclambert Apr 2017 #23

Humans have spent the leftynyc Apr 2017 #26

My SNL prediction HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #44

The Russians claim a lot of things and frankly just look desperate LittleBlue Apr 2017 #54

And a recruiting tool for scores more matt819 Apr 2017 #24

I have a solution LittleBlue Apr 2017 #55

Look at Britain and Northern Ireland matt819 Apr 2017 #57

That conflict was ended with the Good Friday Agreement LittleBlue Apr 2017 #58

BBC Reporting the MOABs creates an earthquake effect TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2017 #27

Sixteen million dollar kill Greensix1 Apr 2017 #29

The bomb has been nearby for 10 years HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #45

Maybe testing to see if the bomb would destroy the NK nuclear AJT Apr 2017 #30

So you'd need to drop all 20 to kill 800 of them? That would be $314M if the figures are right.. Bengus81 Apr 2017 #31

Seems like a gigantic lot for a tiny, tiny little. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #33

no bang for the buck heaven05 Apr 2017 #36

Tiny Hands loves big toys that go boom on people dalton99a Apr 2017 #39

Getting there... czarjak Apr 2017 #50

What a waste for such a Bomb...when it only kills 36 militants....don't ya think? onecent Apr 2017 #51

so tazkcmo Apr 2017 #52

Sounds like our master businessman, Dear Leader, got a shitty ROI.... Thomas Hurt Apr 2017 #56

90 something now dead HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #68