Father of All Bombs
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP; Russian: Авиационная вакуумная бомба повышенной мощности, АВБПМ), nicknamed "Father of All Bombs" (FOAB; Russian: "Папа всех бомб", Пвб), is a Russian-designed, bomber-delivered thermobaric weapon.
| "The Father of All Bombs" (FOAB) | |
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| Type | Thermobaric bomb |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Russian military |
| Produced | 2007 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 7,100 kg (15,650 lb) |
| Filling | High explosive and fine aluminum powder and ethylene oxide mix. |
| Blast yield | 44 tons TNT / 88,000 Ibs |
This weapon was claimed to be the most powerful conventional (non-nuclear) weapon in the world, more powerful than GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, which is often unofficially called "Mother of All Bombs" or MOAB.
FOAB was successfully field-tested in the late evening of 11 September 2007. As of 2022 it was the sole known test of this weapon and its details are still undisclosed. Western experts questioned the evidence of its existence.
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