Was it targeting a civilian on densely populated area or was it targetted at a military structure with bunkers and lower density when out in the open during an attack? If it was more the former case it would be closer to the early death toll of Russian missiles striking apartment complexes in Ukraine but with greater destruction. A MOAB has a destructive capacity of approximately 18k lbs of TNT and is usually used in an air burst deployment where as IEDs are more of a small grade explosive used to kill undefended civilians or unsuspecting soldiers or to take out small vehicles.
fair points but we can only go off what did happen not what might
Another thing to consider is that the MOAB is pushed out of a plane on a wooden pallette and uses a parachute and fins to drift to its target - something that would in general reduce its efficacy in hitting targets accurately and would affect lethality too
Was it targeting a civilian on densely populated area or was it targetted at a military structure with bunkers and lower density when out in the open during an attack? If it was more the former case it would be closer to the early death toll of Russian missiles striking apartment complexes in Ukraine but with greater destruction. A MOAB has a destructive capacity of approximately 18k lbs of TNT and is usually used in an air burst deployment where as IEDs are more of a small grade explosive used to kill undefended civilians or unsuspecting soldiers or to take out small vehicles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43%2FB_MOAB?wprov=sfla1
fair points but we can only go off what did happen not what might
Another thing to consider is that the MOAB is pushed out of a plane on a wooden pallette and uses a parachute and fins to drift to its target - something that would in general reduce its efficacy in hitting targets accurately and would affect lethality too