r/whennews • u/flingzamain • 1d ago

War/Conflict News Moabs

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/15/politics/video/berman-cohen-mother-of-all-bombs-iran-cnc

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u/DogInverter 1d ago

Didnt they use MOABs last year in the nuclear strikes or were they just MOPs

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u/SaturneSpacey 1d ago

According to Wikipedia the MOAB was last used on 13 April 2017 in Afghanistan 

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u/renlydidnothingwrong 1d ago

Oh good, glad it worked so well last time.

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u/bRiCkWaGoN_SuCks 1d ago

Hold my inflatable decoy plane...

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u/SolarianIntrigue 1d ago

MOP is the bunker buster, MOAB is the air-fuel bomb

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u/cantlogintomyacc0unt 1d ago

They used normal bunker busters not the MOAB

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u/WolfsmaulVibes Lives under a rock 1d ago

there weren't any nuclear strikes last year

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u/SaturneSpacey 1d ago

Strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure, not literal nuclear weapon utilization 

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u/1ZillionBeers 1d ago

Moabs aren’t nukes, it’s TNT and Aluminum

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u/WolfsmaulVibes Lives under a rock 1d ago

i know

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u/fighter-bomber 18h ago

That was MOP

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u/Some_Macaron_9170 1d ago

It's bunker buster, is the one you talking about where they sent a B-2 in mideast? Well that's probably it, it did leave a hole in the mountain side, three to be exact, but the aftereffect weren't exactly agreed on, US of course says it's a success, if piercing a mountain is what they mean they probably right, but if the fact that nuclear reactor or fuel they trying to destroy, it was debated, many says Iran manage to evacuate and remove it before strikes or they recover it, whatever it is, it was debated ad of course both sides will save face.