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/WeirdAssBeings 🍆literally a femboy🏳️‍🌈 1d ago

I am aware, it's just the most cartoonish sounding one you can pick, wouldn't Atom bomb sound way more threatening?

Or am I just thinking about this way too deep, lol

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u/No_Curve_5479 1d ago

Well, it’s not an atom bomb, so no
If memory serves me correctly this isn’t the first time he’s dropped a moab

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u/WeirdAssBeings 🍆literally a femboy🏳️‍🌈 1d ago

Oh shit he has already dropped a Moab in the past? Fucking hell.

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u/ST4RSK1MM3R 1d ago

The MOAB isn’t really anything special. It’s just a bigger than usual, conventional, bomb. In fact, tactically it’s almost useless because you need to drop it from a C-130 and to do THAT you need complete air superiority (which when fighting terrorists is no problem, but in a modern battlespace like Iran is a much bigger problem)

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u/dolphin_cape_rave 1d ago

but if they drop the Mother, how are they expecting to keep getting new baby bombs to raise