MOAB (mother of all bombs) dropped for first time.

Yep. If you go back to the link in the OP, & follow the link to How the MOAB works - you'll get a history that goes back to the daisy cutters. Excellent work from CNN, I think it is. They've laid out the history nicely, with footage & everything.

 

thanks

 

Banks run the world, they fund both sides of every war. They just LOVE war, they cannot get enough.

 

Once in a while CNN does report truthful information. But please note it's not that often they do.

 

To try and convince the gullibles that $330M was not wasted.

 

btw it cost the taxpayer

to kill 31 Talibans
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-does-a-moab-cost-the-mother-of-all-bombs-isnt-cheap-51122

 

It was more beautiful then I ever imagined.

 

I hope people realise that the Taliban are fighting against ISIS for power. But as usual the US desires constant turmoil and hence are doing their best to unify the Taliban with ISIS
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/revealed-why-isis-hates-the-taliban/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35123748

 

thats a haf a million each person

 

Don't see anything in the article that suggests only 31 were killed. The fact that you said Taliban instead of ISIS (they are 2 separate groups) leads me to believe you don't know what you're talking about.

 

This strike was against Isis. You people have no freaking clue what you are talking about.

 

The R&D cost was $314M, and as far as I have found, only one was made. So the actual cost was $340M to kill 31 Talibans/ISIS (number varies and no doubt the figure will include civilians too as it always turns out to be the case).

 

No, it is you that has no clue. Two of the 37 dead have already been reported as civilians. ISIS were fighting against Taliban until the US started bombing both groups who then formed a truce. So well done USA for uniting two of the greatest threats. Way to go!

 

You would be surprised by the reality of the situation. Many years ago, I read an article saying Fat Boy's father, Kim Jong-il, had a very low opinion of Chinese leaders even when he was a student. After he took over the leadership in North Korea, he began to outplay his Chinese counterparts in geopolitics. He exploited the animosity between China and the US in the development of nuclear weapons. Thus the world witnesses the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula today.

Please also refer to my political satire at http://www.politicalforum.com/index...-satire-the-old-man-of-the-mountain-2.501418/

 

What you are saying is half right. If Chinese leaders really realise that North Korea's nuclear missiles pose a real threat to China, they should pray very hard for Uncle Sam to eliminate the North Korean weapons. Now should be the moment for China to celebrate, but somehow we don't sense it from the Chinese media.

Please also refer to my political satire at http://www.politicalforum.com/index...-satire-the-old-man-of-the-mountain-2.501418/

 

I doubt China wants nuclear missiles exploding on it's border.

China knows Kim is very likely to use nukes, he also knows NK will be completely obliterated by return fire.

If NK gets nuked, all that fallout and radiation will land in China. I can't imagine they see that as a good scenario.

What has changed is that China probably never figured NK would actually USE the nukes. I think they're no longer under that impression.

 

As compared to the number of casualties that would have been sustained using our military to extract ISIS one man at a time.

 

When there is a systemic program of obliterating ISIS members, I'd say getting MOABs dropped on your head would make an ISIS recruit to think twice.

When looked at purely from a cost standpoint, the MOABs are cheaper than soldiers lives. Add in the human factor, and the MOAB is a far better choice.

This was the same thing evaluated during WW2 and dropping the bomb on Japan. Far more lives would have been lost if they hadn't dropped the nukes.

 

Don't worry the VA will install replacement kidneys! Two crescent shaped sponges.

 

A nuclear North Korea can point its nuclear missiles at the US, but it can also fire them backward at China. For instance, if you have bodyguards, they can protect you but they can also point their guns backward at you.

https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/features/indira-gandhi-assassination/

 

I understand that was the way Obama appointees to the VA treated Veteran's seeking medical assistance for the last 8 years.

 

China should have taken steps to control the North Korean regime immediately after the Korean War, just like the US strictly controlled the Japanese post-war government immediately after Japan's surrender. Now it is too late for China to rein in the North Korean regime. North Korea's nuclear programme is quite advanced. The North Korean Fat Boy would not hesitate to throw a few nuclear bombs at China if it dares to send troops into North Korea without his permission.

 

The climate wasn't "right" for China to dissuade or control NOKO then.

We were entering the high point in the Cold War. The USSR was China & NOKO's staunchest ally.

You have to remember, the US had been China's ally before the US entered WW2.

China had to better "Prove" itself to Russia during those times, & any thorn in the side of the US, was seen as a useful tool.

 

It is impossible for China to replace the North Korean regime with a subservient one without a nuclear war with North Korea. How can you develop your nuclear weapons silently? You need nuclear tests to ensure they don't drop like eggs or Humpty Dumpty onto the ground!

 

There is no doubt about it. Do you think that the US wants nuclear missiles exploding on its borders too?