战争爆发前的3月11日,美空军在佛罗里达州西北部成功投放并试爆了一枚重约9.5吨的美军武器库中最大的常规炸弹——“炸弹之母”。当时,炸弹落点处发出雷鸣般巨响,爆炸产生的蘑菇云在数千米外都清晰可见。据说这次爆炸的威力远远大于重达6.8吨的“滚地球”炸弹。美军方表示,这种杀伤力惊人的炸弹将让伊拉克军队对美军“无比强大的实力”留下深刻印象。 On March 11 prior to the war, the U.S. Air Force successfully launched and piloted a crude conventional bomb, the “bomb's mother,” weighing about 9.5 tons in the northwestern part of Florida. At that time, thunderstruck bombs at the thunderstorm, mushroom cloud explosion caused by thousands of meters are clearly visible. It is said that the power of this explosion is far greater than the 6.8-ton “rolling earth” bomb. The U.S. military said this amazing lethal bomb will impress the Iraqi military on the “extremely powerful” U.S. forces.