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Originally Posted by Lady Jane
Didn't the MOAB also extracted and "parachute dropped" from the back of a C-130?
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Yes indeed, and there was a predecessor weapons, the BLU-82 that was also dropped by the C-130.
Load the bomb into the C-130 cargo area on a pallet with parachute(s), fly to the target area, open the rear ramp, deploy the parachute(s) which pull the bomb right out the back of the airplane. The pallet and parachute(s) separate and the bomb falls onto the target.
The BLU-82, no longer in the inventory, is pictured but the MOAB use would be similar.