What is the most powerful non-atomic bomb?

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The most powerful confirmed non-nuclear explosive is the American Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB. Naturally, MOAB was changed into "Mother Of All Bombs". The Russians claim to have detonated a bomb that was four times more destructive than the MOAB, so naturally it was dubbed the FOAB, or Father Of All Bombs. "Father of All Bombs" is the nickname of a Russian-made air-delivered/land activated thermobaric weapon that is claimed to be four times more powerful than the U.S. military's GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB or the "mother of all bombs"), making it the most powerful conventional (non-nuclear) weapon in the world, serving as the non-nuclear equivalent of the Tsar Bomba.[1]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast_bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs May 29 08, 5:56 PM

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I found this article on a Russian vacuum bomb, said to be the strongest (in 2007). Reference in German. http://news.de.msn.com/politik/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=6101597 Here is an English reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_bomb#Russia_tests_the_largest_vacuum_bomb May 29 08, 6:05 PM