Syria in 2017 (January-April)

[Azor]

Cost of MOAB bomb: $314m...

Actually that was for the first 20 units of the MOP, which is heavier and more sophisticated, and includes ongoing R&D costs as well.

The MOAB is intended to replace the BLU-82 Daisycutter...

[OUTLAW 09]

Actually that was for the first 20 units of the MOP, which is heavier and more sophisticated, and includes ongoing R&D costs as well.

The MOAB is intended to replace the BLU-82 Daisycutter...

BUT as long as it takes a single C130 to deliver it and that C130 is not a noted breaker of a solid ADA2 environment ...what is it good for outside of "show and bluster" and "Wag the Dog"......

Even those that it is suppose to "impress" know it's main weaknesses.....last time I checked IS did not have a sophisticated ADA2 environment over AFG....

At least the Daisycutter was used to open up Landing Zones for troops...but again also never used in a heavy ADA2 environment....

In fact the largest Russian thermobaric weapon is far more effective...against cave environments than is the MOAB....

[Azor]

BUT as long as it takes a single C130 to deliver it and that C130 is not a noted breaker of a solid ADA2 environment ....

Even those that it is suppose to "impress" know it's main weaknesses.....last time I checked IS did not have a sophisticated ADA2 environment over AFG....

At least the Daisycutter was used to open up Landing Zones for troops...but again also never used in a heavy ADA2 environment...

In fact the largest Russian thermobaric weapon is far more effective...against cave environments than is the MOAB...

The heavier MOP can be delivered by B-2. I'd trust that after some minor modifications, the MOAB could be delivered by B-2s as well.

Are you really bringing up the FOAB? Who really knows if it works as advertised.