Trump hails military after 'Mother Of All Bombs' dropped
President Donald Trump has said the US
military has been "successful" lately because his administration has
given them "total authorisation", as he hailed the forces for dropping
the largest non-nuclear bomb targeting an Islamic State complex in
Afghanistan.
President Donald Trump has said the US military has been
"successful" lately because his administration has given them "total
authorisation", as he hailed the forces for dropping the largest
non-nuclear bomb targeting an Islamic State complex in Afghanistan.
A
GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed 'Mother Of
All Bombs', was dropped on a tunnel complex of ISIS-Khorasan, a regional
affiliate of the terror group, in Achin district of Afghanistan's
Nanagarh province, close to the border with Pakistan.
Pentagon
spokesman Adam Stump said yesterday that it was the first-ever combat
use of the bomb. A MOAB is a 21,600- pound, GPS-guided munition that is
America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb.
Trump said he authorised the use of the bomb in Afghanistan and called the mission "very, very successful".
"It
was really another successful job, we are very proud of our military.
We are so proud of our military, it was another successful event,"
Trump
told reporters at the White House
"Everybody knows exactly what
happened, what I do is I authorise our military. We have the greatest
military in the world, they've done a job, as usual, so we have given
them total authorisation and that's what they're doing, and frankly,
that's why they've been so successful lately," he said.
"If you
look at what's happened over the last eight weeks and you compare that
to what's happened over the last eight years, you'll see there's a
tremendous difference. So we have incredible leaders of the military and
incredible military, and we are very proud of them, and this was
another very very successful mission," Trump said.
The US President, however, said he does not know if this would send a message to North Korea.
"I
don't know if this sends a message. It doesn't make any difference if
it does or not. North Korea is a problem.
The problem will be taken care
of. I will say this; I think China has really been working very hard,"
he said.
The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, operated by the Air Force Special Operations Command.
At
his daily news conference, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said
the bomb was dropped at around 7 PM local time in Afghanistan
yesterday.
"The GBU-43 is a large, powerful and accurately
delivered weapon. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS
fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target
US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area," Spicer said.
"The
United States takes the fight against ISIS very seriously and in order
to defeat the group, we must deny them operational space, which we did.
The US took all precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and
collateral damage as a result of the operation," he said.
The strike
is part of the ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan, the US
Central Command (USCENTCOM) said. Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan, is a
hotbed of IS militancy. According to the Department of Defence, there
are about 600-800 ISIS-K fighters in the region where bomb was dropped.
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