On March 11, 2003, the United States Air Force tested one of the largest conventional bombs ever built. It is called the MOAB -- Massive Ordnance Air Burst. It is a bomb designed to destroy heavily reinforced targets or to shatter ground forces and armor across a large area.

Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense MOAB is currently the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal.  See more MOAB pictures.

In this article, we'll examine this new high-powered bomb and see where it fits into the U.S. arsenal.