MOAB also known as GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb or Mother of All Bombs. United States detonated MOAB on an ISIS position in Afghanistan on this 13th April. Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory developed MOAB for the USAF. MOAB is the biggest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat, after the deployment of 13th April in Afghanistan.
MOAB faces more potent yet smaller Russian counterpart, known as FOAB or Father of All Bombs. Russia developed a smaller yet more powerful bomb than US MOAB. Russian named it Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power(ATBIP). The FOAB is four times more powerful than MOAB, making Russia the holder of world’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb.

