US intelligence pointed to Osama bin Laden hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan within the cave complexes several hundred feet below the ground.

Then, in March of 2002, the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force unleashed their newest weapon on top of the al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.

Developed under unprecedented circumstances with scientist Nguyet Anh Duong at the helm, the BLU-118 B thermobaric bomb was built in a rush, ignoring most safety procedures and previous testing due to the urgency.

Once it was finally ready, it proved so lethal that many experts believe it should have never been created at all.

But as tensions rose in the Middle East, the US forces nervously hoped that the thermobaric weapon would penetrate deep into the ground and destroy the cave complex once and for all…

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