WW3 weapons: Donald Trump’s deadly arsenal that could WIPE OUT North Korea – Daily Star

DONALD Trump has just dropped the Mother of All Bombs and these are some of the deadly weapons he could use to wipe out North Korea.

America launched its most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever to obliterate ISIS militants in a cave in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

Some 36 jihadis were killed by the Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) just months after Trump vowed to bomb the s*** out of ISIS.

It is the second time he has flexed his military muscles in just over a week after launching 59 Tomahawk missiles on a Syrian airbase.

His huge U-turn came as revenge for Syrias chemical attack which saw 79 adults and children choke to death in suspected sarin gas attack.

With war tensions raging between America, North Korea and Russia in the past few weeks, these are just some of the weapons Trump has in his back pocket.

As Donald Trump has promised to start an arms race, we take a look at the futuristic weapons being developed for the US military.

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The Lockheed Martin HULC is an exoskeleton that allows soldiers to carry loads of up to 200lbs for long distances

The pressure would send shockwaves through the tunnel systems and would kill everyone

Nuclear weapons

As of last year America had an arsenal of just over 4,000 nuclear warheads ready for use against enemy states and around 2,800 set to be dismantled.

And Trump has the power to launch a nuke strike in just four minutes.

After being inaugurated, he was given the nuke codes printed on a small, credit-card size plastic tab which are kept in a briefcase named the nuclear football and carried by a security official by the president's side.

In the event of an attack Trump must call a press conference with his advisers but it can last as little as four seconds and only the President has the final say.

Expert Dr Alan Mendoza, from the Henry Jackson Society, told Daily Star Online: "Its the presidents choice at the end of the day. If he says were going in then youre going in."

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Tomahawk missiles

Trumps Tomahawks rained down on an Syrian airfield last week after being launched from a warship in the Mediterranean sea.

The missile is known for its precision and ability to reduce collateral damage something that was vital given the risk of hitting Syrian civilians or Russian fighters.

The US army is continually working to improve and update the Tomahawk, which is often the first weapon used in an attack.

Some $439 million has been requested by the Navy to develop the software to be able to launch a Tomahawk attack effectively on a moving maritime target.

Weighing around 3,500lb the missiles can travel at speeds of up to 550mph with a range of more than 900 miles.

And theyve been used for decades by the US army in Iraq and Libya.

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While tourists are free to visit the secretive state as part of strictly controlled tour groups, they are told to never take photos of soldiers by their handlers. These images taken by photographer Eric Lafforgue show the truth behind North Korean military service: a life of hard physical labour with the perks of visits to the nation's capital

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Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.

AH-64 Apache helicopter

Dubbed one of the best weapons in America's land force, the Apache is a force to reckoned with.

Armed with Hellfire missiles, a cannon and advanced sensors, the helicopter combines speed, accuracy and fire power to wipe out enemies.

But the Apache could have competition, with developers planning a new attack chopper which is quieter, faster and has a longer range.

Skorksy Boeing has released a new CGI video of his Sb>1 Defiant as part of the bid to introduce a next generation of helicopters to the US army.

Originally introduced to the US in 1986, the Apache has been a key weapon in Afghanistan, Iran and the Gulf War.

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Virginia-class Attack Submarine

At 377 feet long and 34 feet deep, this submarine is classed as one of the most successful weapons programmes of the post cold-war period.

It's equipped with a dozen Tomahawk missile and torpedo launchers, as well as the most developed sonar technology around.

America has vowed to aggressively increase the size of its fleet of Virginia-Class Attack Submarines to keep up with Russia and China's submarine boom.

The newest submarine technology has just undergone sea trials, with the shipbuilders Newport News saying the new designs performed "exceptionally well".

The company said: "The submarine submerged for the first time and operated at high speeds on the surface and underwater.

"Washington will undergo a round of acceptance trials before delivery to the Navy."

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MQ-9 Reaper drone

Experts say the US is the leading nation in drone weapons after a decade of innovation in design and technology.

From stealth drones to to high altitude surveillance drones, America has been relentless in its pursuit of the latest drone warfare.

But drone strikes have been surrounded by controversy since their use in the War on Terror, with many innocent civilians killed as a result.

The US has retired its MQ-1 Predator, used since the Balkan wars in the mid-1990s, and replaced it with the more powerful MQ-9 Reaper drone.

The Reaper can carry four Hellfire missiles for 1,150 miles and hit top speeds of 230mph.

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The Mother of All Bombs

The MOAB, also known as Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb,outweighs both the Little Boy atomic bomb which devastated Hiroshima in 1945 and the Fat Man which destroyed Nagasaki days later.

Once it hits, the MOAB unleashes a devastating fireball that incinerates anything within 30 feet.

In the seconds after the bomb hit the tunnel in Afghanistan, all air would have been sucked out leaving ISIS terrorists suffocating to death as their lungs imploded.

Finally a fiery shockwave would radiate outwards for up to a mile, destroying everything and everyone in its path.

Thursday marked the first time the MOAB had been used in combat, in an unprecedented show of force from America against ISIS.

Military analyst Col Rick Francona said that it would "feel like a nuclear weapon to those in the area".

He said: "The pressure would send shockwaves through the tunnel systems and would kill everyone."

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