Does anyone know where to see the video for the MOAB test for free on the web? When I was watching the news about this thing I kept thinking about the song 99 Luft Balloons.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/index.html Follow the link on this page for video
Not much to see, actually. Just a falling dot and a big cloud of dust and smoke
For those who don’t know, MOAB is a large non-nuclear bomb recently tested in Florida. It really stands for "Massive Ordnance Air Burst " but the joke is that it stands for “Mother Of All Bombs”. If the CNN link above doesn’t work, the Miami Herald also has a link to a video clip here. I haven’t watched it, so I’m not sure if it’s the same video.
Having just re-read parts of II Samuel, I thought this was going to be a thread about ancient Israel’s lesser-known neighbor.
OOPs…:eek: But, thanks for the information from everyone.
MOAB was named such (referring to Mother of all Bombs) from the time it entered development.
My understanding is that "Massive Ordnance Air Burst " was a moniker that was developed to fit within the commonly used “MOAB”.
Of course, I have no cite, but I am working on it.
This was my understanding as well. A More politically correct acronym most likely.
So the Iraqis will join the Maoris of ancient New Zealand and the ancient Israelites in often dying of moabite wounds? 