280K views · 837 reactions | The U.S. dropped the "Mother of All Bombs," the largest nonnuclear bomb it has ever used, on an ISIS target in Afghanistan Thursday. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains how the GBU-43 got its nickname. | The Wall Street Journal | Facebook

On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya. With a yield of 50 megatons, it remains the largest explosion in human history, more than 4,000 times stronger than Hiroshima. The crew dropping it had only a 50% chance of survival. They made it home, barely. #TheWarRoom #ColdWarHistory #TsarBomba #fblifestyle | The War Room