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/