Awesome historical weapons – part iv
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- 1. During the time of its development, the Mother of all Bombs
or the officially named GBU-43/B Massice Ordinance was considered
the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed. Tested on March
11, 2003, its blast can destroy 9 city blocks with a radius of
137.61 m. A larger version of 13 tons was reportedly
developed.
- 2. Nicknamed Father of All Bombs (FOAB), this is a Russian-made
air-delivered/land- activated thermobaric weapon. In describing the
bombs destructive power, Russian deputy chief of the general staff
Alexander Rukshin was quoted as saying, all that is alive
merely
- 3. Remember those enormous mushroom cloud explosions in history
books? Well those were caused by these guys. The Tsar Bomb had a
mass of 27 tons and would create a fireball with a radius of 3.5
kilometers.
- 4. With twin nuclear reactors that dont need refueling for 23
years and bays that are capable of holding up to 130 F/A-18 Hornets
just the appearance of this carrier in any region is enough to
influence global politics.
- 5. The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, (formerly Airborne
Laser) weapons system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine
laser (COIL) mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F. It is
primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy tactical
ballistic missiles (TBMs) but funding for the program was cut
in
- 6. http://list25.com/25- most-powerful-
weapons-in-history/