USA

the evening Standart: US develops superbomb

The US has made a superbomb which could be used to frighten Iraq into
submission. The giant device contains 21,000lb of high explosive and
dwarfs the huge "daisy cutter" bombs used against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon intends to test the bomb and videotape the results as a
warning to Iraq of what the US could inflict. Military planners believe just the
sight of the bomb exploding could frighten Iraqi soldiers into surrendering.
Tape of a test of a superbomb was shown on American TV last night, the cloud
of its explosion almost as large as a small atomic blast.