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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (81382)3/12/2003 3:36:52 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<The U.S. Air Force successfully tested its 21,000-pound MOAB monster bomb for the first time Tuesday in a remote western area of Eglin Air Force Base, a base spokeswoman confirmed.>

10 tons. That's a bit weak. Tim McVeigh's was not a heck of a lot smaller than that. I guess they get more bang for their kilogram though, perhaps using a lot of atmospheric oxygen instead of supplying their own via nitrates.

Mqurice