1. During the time of its development, the Mother of all Bombs
or the officially named GBU-43/B Massice Ordinance was considered
the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed. Tested on March
11, 2003, its blast can destroy 9 city blocks with a radius of
137.61 m. A larger version of 13 tons was reportedly
developed.
2. Nicknamed Father of All Bombs (FOAB), this is a Russian-made
air-delivered/land- activated thermobaric weapon. In describing the
bombs destructive power, Russian deputy chief of the general staff
Alexander Rukshin was quoted as saying, all that is alive
merely
3. Remember those enormous mushroom cloud explosions in history
books? Well those were caused by these guys. The Tsar Bomb had a
mass of 27 tons and would create a fireball with a radius of 3.5
kilometers.
4. With twin nuclear reactors that dont need refueling for 23
years and bays that are capable of holding up to 130 F/A-18 Hornets
just the appearance of this carrier in any region is enough to
influence global politics.
5. The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, (formerly Airborne
Laser) weapons system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine
laser (COIL) mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F. It is
primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy tactical
ballistic missiles (TBMs) but funding for the program was cut
in