Here's the father of all bombs: Russia's answer to the MOAB

The US just dropped a 21,600-pound conventional bomb called the Massive Ordinance Air Blast AKAthe "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB) in Afghanistan, but Russia has a bigger one.The "Father of All Bombs," (FOAB) is four times bigger than the MOAB. It's athermobaric bomb with a destructionradius of nearly 1,000 feet and a blast yieldof nearly 44 tons of TNT.Thermobaric weapons differ from conventional bombs in that they combine with atmospheric oxygen to greatly extend the blast radius. Developed in 2007, the FOABexplodes in midair, igniting a fuel-air mixture. It vaporizing targets and collapses structures,producing blasts and aftershocks as powerful as asmall nuclear blast but without the sameradioactive fallout.Watch the FOAB explode here:SEE ALSO:'FATHER OF ALL BOMBS': Russia tested the world's largest nonnuclear bomb 8 years ago on FridayJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Watch the Navy's LOCUST launcher fire a swarm of drones
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