WASHINGTON, Dec 21: The United States is sending a new bomb to Afghanistan that uses a delayed, high-pressure explosion to suck the air out of caves and tunnels, the Pentagon’s chief weapons purchaser said on Friday.
The laser-guided “thermobaric” bomb, recently tested in Nevada, “is something we clearly have a need for in Afghanistan and they’re on their way over there,” Undersecretary of Defense Edward Aldridge said at a Pentagon briefing.
US-backed forces have been hunting for any Osama bin Ladin loyalists who survived bombing of hideouts.—Reuters
