After US, China develops its own "Mother of All Bombs"
Beijing, Jan 4 (IBNS): China's arms industry giant NORINCO recently displayed a new massive aerial bomb which they called as the Chinese version of the "Mother of All Bombs", media reports said.
"The bomb was airdropped by an H-6K bomber and caused a gigantic explosion, a promotional video China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) released on its website in December shows," reported Global Times.
Judging from the video and the size of the H-6K's bomb bay, this bomb is approximately five to six meters long, Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military analyst, told the Global Times on Thursday.
It can also be used to clear a landing zone for troops on helicopters to rappel down, in case the area is covered by obstacles such as forests, Wei noted.
"The massive blast can easily and completely wipe out fortified ground targets such as reinforced buildings, bastions and defense shelters," Wei said.
The Chinese newspaper further said the weapon will also spread fear among enemies if a weapon of this caliber is deployed, military observers noted.
US version of Mother of All Bombs:
The United States has a similar bomb Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB).
It was also called the "Mother of All Bombs" due to power, reports said.
US applied it in Afghanistan against ISIS:
The US had applied the bomb in 2017 when it dropped it on a system of tunnels and caves used by the terrorist group ISIS in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
The strike in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border killed 36 ISIS fighters, Afghan officials had told CNN.
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