14 people. Were any of them even the target I wonder.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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It’s highly likely that people weren’t the target at all; they likely obliterated the infrastructure.
The Somolian Air Force is probably feeling it so hard right now.
Oh wait I'm now being told that Somolia hasn't had much of a functioning government for the past 30 years so what the fuck are we even attacking them for?
Imagine if Somalia became a functional state again. It could use its location like the Houthis in Yemen to decide who can pass through the Red Sea and by extension Suez channel.
Can't have countries leverage their location like that. Look what became out of Singapore. Just bomb them all for eternity...
US at war forever
You have to grease the gears of the military industrial complex
Is "largest" here just "most pounds of munitions"? Seems weird to compare it to "nuclear equivalent pounds of TNT". Like, 1lb C4 != 1lb TNT anyway, right?
No idea what they’re trying to claim. I can’t see any dimension in which this was “larger” than the typical WWII era firebombing. There were more planes, more bombs by weight, more casualties, more of everything.
I was confused by this too, but I might have figured it out.
That was carpet bombing with strategic boomers at high altitude.
This is a tactical air strike, delivered by strike fighters, at lower altitude with more precession for each munition.
So this wasn't in any way the largest bombing, just the largest air strike. In short, this is the biggest because pedantics.
They used the DOGE formula for efficiency, I guess.
That cave done fucked up.
Beating their own previous record. It'd be nice if we just converted that money into food and housing and prevented the need for war.
Ok, which homegrown militia did not pay the Trump admin enough money?
Southeast Asia would like a word