当地时间13日晚上7点,美军向阿富汗投放了被称为“炸弹之母”的大型空爆炸弹。此次袭击发生在阿富汗东部楠格哈尔省亚钦(Achin)地区,美军称他们的袭击目标是极端组织藏匿的隧道和基地。
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The US military says it has dropped a 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb on a tunnel complex used by Islamic State militants in Afghanistan.
美国军方表示,已向极端组织军事力量在阿富汗的一处隧道工事投放了一颗9.8吨的炸弹。
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), known as "the mother of all bombs", is the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in a conflict.
投放的GBU-43/B巨型空爆炸弹被称为“炸弹之母”,是美军在行动中投放过的最大的非核武炸弹。
“炸弹之母”GBU-43/B巨型空爆炸弹(Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb)是一种深钻地武器(deep-earth penetrator weapon),主要用于摧毁地下目标(underground target),爆炸时产生的威力(explosive yield,爆炸当量)相当于11吨以上的TNT炸药。该炸弹通过空军的飞机空投,在快到达地面时引爆,会形成巨大的爆炸半径(blast radius)。
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威力仅次于原子弹的“炸弹之母”是美军在2003年伊拉克战争开始之后研发出的新型武器,在此前从未被使用过。
在被问及此次行动是否经过他授权时,美国总统特朗普表示:
“Everybody knows exactly what happened. What I do is I authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world and they’ve done a job as usual. We have given them total authorization and that’s what they’re doing and frankly that’s why they’ve been so successful lately.”
“大家都清楚发生了什么。我所做的就是授权给我的军队。我们拥有世界上最伟大的军队,他们只是像往常一样在执行任务。我们给了军队充分的授权,而这正是他们采取的行动。坦白说,这正是他们最近屡获佳绩的原因。”
白宫发言人斯派塞表示:
"We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters use to move around freely, making it easier for them to target US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area."
“我们主要攻击了极端组织的地道和洞穴工事,这些工事让他们能够自由行动,还能为他们袭击当地的美军顾问和阿富汗军事力量提供便利。”
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