The first use of the mother of all bombs in Afghanistan

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB , colloquially explained as "mother of all bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory. It was first tested in 2003. At the time of development, it was said to be the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the American arsenal.