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2026-10-22 Science & Technology
Iran says it has the 'grandmother of all bombs'
Probably more Mullah vapourware. But if not, how will they get it where it needs to go?
[Regnum] The Iranian army has a "grandmother of all bombs," Interior Ministry spokesman Ali Zeinivand said on October 21.

Earlier, the American television channel CNN, citing representatives of the country's armed forces, stated that if the US resumed strikes on Iran, it could use the "mother of all bombs," the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal.

"If they have the 'mother of all bombs,' then we have the 'grandmother of all bombs.' Don't worry," Zeinivand said on Iranian state television.

The GBU-43/B high-explosive aerial bomb, developed in the early 21st century, is known in the United States as the "Mother of All Bombs." The bomb contains nearly 8.5 tons of explosives. In 2017, Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, then commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, claimed that Iran possessed its own 10-ton bombs, which dwarfed the most powerful US non-nuclear weapons. He called this munition "the father of all bombs."

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Posted by badanov 2026-10-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [161 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

1 Probably a modified version of the M1 popper. It can blow your fingers off if you're not careful!

"Grandmother" indeed!
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-10-22 01:53||   2026-10-22 01:53|| Front Page Top

2 I wouldn't put past the MM to use some of the uranium dirt from bombed sites as missile payload.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-10-22 02:12||   2026-10-22 02:12|| Front Page Top

3 "grandmother of all bombs"

...So it makes cookies, a killer apple pie, and the best kielbasa and kraut this side of Warsaw? Gotta be honest, I'm not seein' the downside here.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-10-22 08:15||   2026-10-22 08:15|| Front Page Top

4 ^ could be the one that chews cigars while she cleans a chicken and makes you swallow spoons of turpentine under threat of a carpet beater.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-22 09:32||   2026-10-22 09:32|| Front Page Top

5 Or:
Virginia's Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, 82, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and taken into federal custody on charges of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, money laundering, honest-services fraud/bribery, and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-22 15:15||   2026-10-22 15:15|| Front Page Top

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