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RIA Novosti
Moscow sees no grounds for speculation about the possible use of Washington’s largest non-nuclear bomb against North Korea or Syria, said on Friday Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
“Now I do not see a subject for this kind of speculation,” — said Ryabkov, answering the question of RIA Novosti, is not afraid of Russia that the United States can drop a bomb similar to the one that was on Thursday applied in Afghanistan, Syria or North Korea.
USA Thursday was first used powerful non-nuclear bomb GBU-43 in combat, targeted the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” in Afghanistan. The charge weight of 9.5 tons was thrown from the aircraft MC-130. All allegedly in service of the United States is 15 such ammunition.
Washington explained that the blow was struck at the system of tunnels IG* and is a demonstration of the commitment of the administration to promise to break a terrorist organization. Agence France-Presse, citing the statement of the Ministry of defence of Afghanistan reported that as a result of the strike was destroyed 36 fighters, and also destroyed key caches and tunnel complex deep foundations.
* The terrorist group ISIS (“Islamic state”) is banned in Russia.