MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS

(this post has been updated on April 15, 2017)

The Mother Of All Bombs* has 11.5 tons of explosives.  This huge bomb explodes just above the surface and shakes the ground, maybe collapsing tunnels and killing people within about a mile radius so you can't use it in populated areas unless the target is compelling.**  SAW A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO!

The claim is that 28 ISIS fighters were killed and no civilians found dead. Later updated to 36.

You can only use this weapon in restricted cases such as on an open battlefield, that rarely esists any more, or a remote area like a mountainous area.

Unlike the airport bombing where little damage seems to have been done (and no surveillance photos available),Though maybe it was still effective.  With 29.5 tons of explosives on 59 Tomahawk missiles, the entire airport could have been destroyed but for reasons I don't understand, it was not done.

* The name is a takeoff from the Desert Storm War to free Kuwait fro Iraq 1990-1991 where Saddam Husain said there would be the Mother Of All Battles.
** http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/13/us-military-drops-mother-bombs-isis-afghanistan/
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/
also see (same video):
 Snopes says the only authentic video of the bomb being exploed is at http://www.snopes.com/explosion-moab-afghanistan/?utm_source=bme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&bt_ee=L7s4H5xAD5k5ACX0TLMHaOTkQsiBgLIOLQ1Hr+9N7UfjHxnIo2YuhDhSsBK/ytQh&bt_ts=1492269981252&utm_source=bme&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&bt_ee=UYK5ilvbeaHVB6DAOuDCrxQx9oW4lqZvqf+q0H9OHXUSRirslXbxawSrBCtuFVlu&bt_ts=1492270797347