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This century, none at all.

Last century, there are potentially two:

Nuclear - The Tsar Bomba, theorized to be 100+ megaton, tested at 57 megaton.

Conventional - The MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst, or Mother of all bombs), GBU-43/B, thermobaric device.

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This century, none at all.

Last century, there are potentially two:

Nuclear - The Tsar Bomba, theorized to be 100+ megaton, tested at 57 megaton.

Conventional - The MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst, or Mother of all bombs), GBU-43/B, thermobaric device.

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The GBU-43 (Massive Ordnance Air Blast, usually called a MOAB. Mother Of All Bombs) which is a 21,000 pound bomb with a blast yield of 11 tons. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has stated that a larger version of the MOAB exists, weighing thirteen tons.

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Impossible to say- there have been only a very small number produced, and those came from the budget that was funded to develop the MOAB. The guidance package used in the MOAB is about $20,000 each, plus the cost of the MOAB itself.

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Yes, the B-52 can carry the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb. However, it typically requires modifications in order to carry and deploy the bomb. The B-52 has sufficient payload capacity to carry the MOAB, which is one of the largest conventional bombs in the U.S. military's inventory.

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An air burst is the explosion of an air bomb in the air rather than on the ground.

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