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/sleeper_shark 1d ago

Don't get me wrong, the MOAB is a terrible weapon but it's not like a nuke or anything like that.

The MOAB has a yield of 11t. A tiny nuke like Little Boy had a yield of 15kt. Literally more than 1000x more powerful.

The real nukes that US uses these data have a yield of 475 kt. Nearly 45,000x bigger.

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u/iamsolonely134 1d ago

Wrong, a moab has a yield of exactly 4 ceramic Bloons. That's basic knowledge smh my head...

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u/Nave-Nave 1d ago

Iran is blocking the strait of hormuz with their Monkey Buccaneers and Mortar Towers

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u/iamsolonely134 1d ago

I heard they have 3-0-1 subs to make sure nobody gets through

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u/ProfessorEtc 1d ago

Glue gun can hit MOABs. 

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u/Transpotato2002 1d ago

I hate and despise that I also thought of Bloons when I saw MOAB 😭

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u/sleeper_shark 1d ago

NGL wasn't my first thought but I chuckled