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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt should be FOAB, not MOAB!
It's not mothers who want wars and violence, in my experience.
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It should be FOAB, not MOAB! (Original Post)
MineralMan
Apr 2017
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delisen
(6,044 posts)1. Pure Projection on the part of the bomb makers and namers.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)2. Knowing the military...
they just left one letter out.
Just another SNAFU.
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. Should be big assed bomb, who cares what the name is.
I think we went over this yesterday.
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)4. We adopted it from the Arab culture...
Besides, anybody around here really more afraid of their fathers than their mothers?
aidbo
(2,328 posts)5. That's in Russia
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)6. Rachel talked about the military's naming bombs last night.
She talked about the "Daisy Cutter" in particular.
Just in case anyone doesn't know:
The bombs technical name is GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb. It became known in military circles as the mother of all bombs because of its size and power.
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-military/what-the-mother-all-bombs-and-what-does/MIfXaYYaPyCaraZNF4UOcK/