Albert L. Weimorts, Jr.
Al Weimorts | |
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| Born | Albert Lee Weimorts Jr. 6 March 1938 |
| Died | 21 December 2005 (aged 67) Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Inventing the GBU-43/B MOAB and the GBU-28 |
Albert Lee Weimorts, Jr. (6 March 1938 – 21 December 2005) was an American engineer who was known for his design of some of the most powerful conventional bombs for the United States Armed Forces. Notably, he created the GBU-43, or "mother of all bombs", which is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the inventory of the US Armed Forces,[1] and earlier conceived of the GBU-28, both for use in wars in the Middle East.[2]
Weimorts died of brain cancer in 2005, not living to see use of the MOAB, though it would later be used in 2017 in Afghanistan.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Atherton, Kelsey D. (April 14, 2017). "The Pentagon just dropped the 'mother of all bombs,' its biggest non-nuclear weapon". Popular Science. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Albert L. Weimorts Jr. 67; Engineer Created 'Bunker Buster' Bombs". Los Angeles Times. Times Wire Services. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Quigley, Aidan (April 13, 2017). "What is the 'mother of all bombs' the U.S. dropped on Afghanistan?". Politico. Retrieved September 20, 2024.