there are giant bombs like MOAB with the same explosive power of a small tactical nuke. Why don’t they just use the small nuke?
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A MOAB is a massive ordinance air blast. This bomb was designed to penetrate terrain then detonate, collapsing cave systems and liquifying bodies with ungodly amounts air pressure. Caves were used as terrorist strongholds during the war on terrorism.
Payload to be delivered out the back of a C-130. They just drop the ramp and push her out. Wouldn’t be easy to deliver if there was legitimate resistance like air defense systems.
A standard vietnam era B-52 bombing run would pack more explosive ordinance than a single current MOAB, the MOAB is just way more efficient at accomplishing the task if you’re targeting fortified cave systems.
A tactical nuke doesn’t penetrate the ground like a MOAB, they detonate in air to maximize the area of damage. It could potentially collapse parts of the cave due to explosive force, but the damage pales in comparison to what a MOAB can do to a cave system – which is basically “select all & delete”.
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