T-12 Cloudmaker
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The T-12 earthquake bomb was developed by the United States from 1944 to 1948 and deployed until the withdrawal of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft in 1958. It was one of a small class of b
T-12 casing at the Air Force Armament Museum, Florida
GBU-43/B MOAB
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The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory. It was first tested in 2003. At
T-12 Cloudmaker
…Massive Ordnance Penetrator MOAB "Big Bomb Tight Fit In B-29 Bomb Bays", Popular Science, October 1951, p. 144. Photo showing T-12 being fitted to B-29 bomb bay…
GBU-43/B on display at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Note the grid fins.
Al Weimorts (right), creator of the GBU-43/B MOAB, and Joseph Fellenz, lead model maker, look over the still unpainted prototype.