Sputnik - The Pentagon dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs," on a system of tunnels and caves used by Daesh in Afghanistan, but the largest non-nuclear weapon in the Washington's arsenal does not appear to be the best choice for the mission, political analyst Intizar Khadim told Radio Sputnik. Khadim,...

IRNA -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday that the US' use of unconventional bombs will not boost that countrys national security. He made the remarks in a meeting with Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov. US' use of big and unconventional bombs in Afghanistan is illegal,...

Financial Tribune- Former US secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, said the most powerful non-nuclear weapon, GBU-43, was considered a good option to be deployed for possible attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities when he was in office, from 2011 to 2013. "When I was secretary of defense, we were working on developing that weapon. Very frankly, the ...