The U.S. Air Force tested a 21,000-lb. bomb at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida Tuesday, according to a CNN report.
The conventional bomb, the largest of its kind, is known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or in slang as the \Mother Of
All Bombs.""
The Pentagon said the test would prepare for possible use of the bomb in a war against Iraq.
President Bush said Tuesday the United States would give a little on its demands that Iraq disarm by March 17.
According to the Washington Post, Bush is willing to support a British-proposed compromise that would give Iraq more time, but he still wants a U.N. vote to take place by Friday.
A Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission crashed in Fort Drum, N.Y. Tuesday, killing 11 soldiers, according to a CNN report.
The two survivors were taken to the hospital, and according to Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty, the names of the deceased will not be released until family members are notified.
