Just in time for Good Friday. World War III is upon us gentlemen, from FOX NEWS:
The U.S. military dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday just days after a Green Beret was killed fighting ISIS there, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News.
The GBU-43B, a 21,000-pound conventional bomb, was dropped in Nangarhar Province.
The MAOB (Massive Ordinance Air Blast) is also known as the “Mother Of All bombs.” It was first tested in 2003, but hadn’t been used before Thursday.
For comparison, each Tomahawk cruise missile launched at Syria last week was 1,000-pounds each.
Here’s a peak of the Mother of all bombs:
So far stocks are relatively mute from the news. I may add to my position in $SPXS if we start to sell-off into the close. I’m also eying $KBR for my war chest. Let’s see if oil can gain any traction on this news. Developing…