Is the M.O.A.B a weapon of mass destruction?

i was looking for an operational definition not a nominal one

A couple of buildings, no matter where located, how magnificent, or how peopled, do not equate to "High Order Damage or Casualties". Forty or fifty square blocks of Manhattan, or, say, all of Gary, Indiana, would probably make the cut on both counts if eradicated.



timber

Re: Is the M.O.A.B a weapon of mass destruction?


It is not a WMD.

The term WMD has more to do with the way a weapon works than how deadly it is, and the MOAB is just a very large conventional bomb.


True about the power thing, although the smallest nuclear bombs are probably a bit smaller than you realize.

MOAB = 9 tons of H-6[*], which would be equal to 12 tons of TNT.

Davy Crocket "nuclear RPG" = nuclear equivalent to 10 tons of TNT on the low setting[*].