Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh (file photo)
Press TV: Iran’s ‘father of all bombs’ dwarfs US biggest non-nuclear bomb: Commander
A senior Iranian commander says Iran possesses domestically-made 10-ton “father of all bombs” that dwarfs the most powerful non-nuclear weapon of the US.
“Following a proposal by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), [Iran’s] Defense Industries [Organization] manufactured a 10-ton bomb. These bombs are at our disposal. They can be launched from Ilyushin aircraft and they are highly destructive,” IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said in a Friday TV interview.
The commander referred to the ordnance as Iran’s “father of all bombs” as compared with the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), also known as the "mother of all bombs," which the US Air Force dropped on tunnels in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province from an MC-130 aircraft in April.
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Update #1: Iran claims to have ‘father of all bombs,’ overshadowing American ‘mother’ -- RT
Update #2: Iran possesses non-nuclear 10-ton bomb: commander -- Xinhua
WNU Editor: This follows a Russian claim last week .... Did Russia Just Drop It's 'Father Of All Bombs' In Syria? (September 8, 2017).
