Media artistic representation of the classified 2002 test
Background
Federation
The GBU-76/C Gigantic Ordnance Air Blast (commonly known as "God of All Bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the Royal Federation Airforce proposed by Walter A. Krauch. At the time of development, it was said to be the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the Federation arsenal. The bomb is designed to be delivered by a C-150 Guardian, B-22 Valka, B-55 Sky Castle, B-1 Valor and other medium and heavy bombers.
The GOAB is not a penetrator weapon and is primarily used as an air burst ordnance intended for the destruction of soft to medium surface targets covering large areas and targets in a contained environment. However, high altitude carpet-bombing with much smaller 500 to 2,000lb bombs delivered is also highly effective at covering large areas.
Known specifications:
Weight: 21,700lbs
Filling weight: 19,230lbs
Filling: MIC
Yield: <66 tons TNT
Controls
Deploying the GOAB
-FireWeapons with Boom 50 selected to drop
-AG5 Activates Parachute
Installing
-Attach the detacher onto your aircraft
-Fine tune as necessary.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 104.7ft (31.9m)
- Length 88.9ft (27.1m)
- Height 24.6ft (7.5m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 57,761lbs (26,200kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.334
- Wing Loading 6.9lbs/ft2 (33.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 8,314.4ft2 (772.4m2)
- Drag Points 32026
Parts
- Number of Parts 186
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 1,248
The US actually used one of these as recently as 2015 to destroy a series of tunnels in Afghanistan. I would image that being any ware just outside its blast would turn you into red mush.
MOAB? Mother of all ass blasts? Mother of all bombs? Which is it??????
Godfather Of All Bombs?