I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.

[Jehanne]

The U.S. was targeting a tunnel complex that was being used by ISIS fighters. I would imagine that a better than 10 ton bomb that leaves a mile wide crater and shoots up a mushroom cloud that can be seen from twenty miles away would have busted up the tunnel complex pretty good. Too bad more ISIS fighters weren't at home when MOAB came knocking. Imagine what it could do in an open field combat situation.

Actually, the weapon's main threat is the blast wave, which doesn't come into effect nearly as well in the wide-open. Confined quarters -- like a tunnel complex, if you target (one of) its openings -- make a pretty good funnel for the shock wave. Not to mention the oxygen that the combustion uses up.

I don't think that they hit one of the openings, of which, no doubt, there are many.  From what I read, the thing exploded mid-air, hundreds of feet off the ground.

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I'm just speculating.  Also, every time a bomb gets used, another needs to be manufactured to replace it.  Business contacts, anyone?

We've used ONE of the MOAB's build in '03/'04. No demand for more right now. 

There isn't always skullduggery at work. 

Except on the Internet, where it's the only explanation.

I don't know what the expiration date for one of those is; obviously, someone needs to build it, a defense contractor who needs to get paid on a regular basis.