アメリカによる新型大量破壊兵器の実戦初使用

GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast 　MOAB（モアブ、英: Massive Ordnance Air Blast、大規模爆風爆弾兵器）

Weapon of mass destruction 　大量破壊兵器

核爆弾は言うに及ばずたる爆弾やら化学兵器も非人道的、しかし現在 「大量破壊兵器」 に分類されてはいないが殺傷力の桁外れに大きな新型爆弾は人道的、とでも言いたいか；

　USA Sends Serious Warning to Its Enemies and Drops the Devastating GBU-43/B MOAB Mother Of All Bombs
　 WarLeaks - Daily Military Defense Videos & Combat Footage, 2017/04/14 に公開

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  　MOAB - Mother of All Bombs GBU-43/B
  　astromicwm, 2015/03/18 に公開

• 米軍、「あらゆる爆弾の母親」をアフガンのISに投下　アフガン政府は連携を発表
  　2017年04月14日、BBCニュース

• US says 'mother of all bombs' hits ISIL in Afghanistan
  　14 April 2017, Al Jazeera

• • Hamid Karzai: MOAB 'brutal act against innocent people'
    　16 April 2017, Al Jazeera

• 「全ての爆弾の母」が地上1.8mで爆発する理由
  　Apr. 14, 2017, 10:00 PM、BUSINESS INSIDER JAPAN

• • Here's why the 'mother of all bombs' exploded 6 feet above its target in Afghanistan
    　Apr. 13, 2017, 4:25 PM, Business Insider 元記事

• 「すべての爆弾の母」大規模爆風爆弾MOAB、その威力と開発企業
  　2017年04月15日 11:56、AFPBB News

• • GBU-43-B - Mother Of All Bombs - Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb
    　GlobalSecurity_org - Reliable Security Information

• • Dynetics, Inc

• • • Aerospace Vehicle Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
      
      　”Dynetics' Ability to Meet Customer Needs
      
      In response to an urgent customer need, Dynetics developed the 22,000-pound guided bomb unit (GBU)-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). In only three months, the MOAB preliminary concept was developed into a detailed design, fabricated, and proven by a flight test program of three successful guided flight tests conducted over a span of only 13 days.
      
      MOAB was then produced and available to the warfighter during the early days of the Iraq conflict.”

• • • Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing: Driving Innovation through Federal Investments
      　24 April 2014
      
      　”In April 2002, the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/MN) came to Dynetics with $35,000 to develop a concept for a 21,000-pound weapon system called the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB). We quickly applied the lattice fin designs to control the massive weapon using GPS and control fin actuators that were being manufactured for a 2,000-pound bomb at the time as is illustrated in Figure 1.
      
      In partnership with AFRL/MN, HR Textron, and ASEI, the team received the go-ahead in January 2003 for full-scale testing of three units in fewer than 90 days from the start. We successfully flight-tested two inert test units, and the final full-up munition was tested on March 11, 2003. The team subsequently produced more than 10 weapons and delivered them between April and May. The Air Force repeatedly commended our agility in procuring parts and integrating the units under our ISO 9001 quality system in such a short time.”

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