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>> so, it's the largest non-nuclear bomb that the u.s. military has in its arsenal. it's 21,000 pounds. it was dropped from a u.s. aircraft. as far as we know, this is the first time that this specific munition was dropped on the battlefield. it's been tested before, but actually on the battlefield. it was targeted -- targeting a tunnel complex, going after isis fighters and potentially some leaders. we were told, i've been told by u.s. military officials it was a large contingent of isis fighters in this tunnel. isis has been a problem for the u.s. military in nangarhar province where we saw ...

Discussing about experimentation, they're not that many places where you can drop a bomb like this. as the general mentioned, it is dropped from a cargo plane, the rear of the cargo plane opens, a parachute pulls the thing out. cargo planes fly relatively low, they fly slowly. so, you can't go into an area like syria or iran with a cargo plane. nowhere where they have heavy air defenses. so, in remote afghanistan where there are not many people, particularly in this area nangahar province -- >> that's near the pakistan province, is that right? >> it is. it's a very, very remote part of afghani...

Against that target. and you saved a lot of lives if you wanted to try to level that location, it obviously there was actionable intelligence. it was the right weapons system to be used. they went through the collateral damage estimate process to ensure there weren't civilian casualties. we'll figure that all out when they do the bomb damage assessment. >> he did say that he authorized the military and i think that you're quite right. i don't see that much confusion in that. >> that's right. i think we're, as we say, we're pole vaulting over mouse turds here. >> okay. colonel leighton, we know...

Compared to what has happened over the last eight weeks and what is happened over the last eight years, you will see a tremendousas difference. >> tucker: what does it mean to deploy a missile of the size? michael, usually we start this show with a debate of sorts but this story is still unfolding. we thought it would be useful to find out the facts.or first, why now? did they deploy this today? >> thank you for having me. one of the reasons it has been deployed now is isis is starting to use a complex that al qaeda is using. the same tunnel complex -- you see these organizations like al qaeda...