US Drops ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ in Afghanistan
US Drops ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ in Afghanistan
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The Pentagon announced on Thursday that the U.S. dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on an ISIS target in Afghanistan. It was the first-ever use of the GBU-43 — nicknamed “Mother Of All Bombs” — in combat.
This comes amid rising tensions with Russia and North Korea.
For analysis of what President Donald Trump may be signaling to Russia and North Korea, we turn to Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund.