Israel needs a 15-ton “bunker buster” bomb to destroy the last untouched nuclear facility in Iran, but only the US has one. Such a powerful weapon — the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal — is ...

New images released by the U.S. Air Force provide what appears to be our best look yet at a live example of the service’s 30,000-pound class GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker buster, or MOP.

US Air Force B-2 dropping a 30,000-pound GBU-57A/B MOP. Earlier this month, the United States Military released images of the GBU-57 “bunker buster” bomb designed to hit deep underground facilities, ...

There’s just one Iranian nuclear facility left on Israel’s hit list — and it may be up to the US to take it out. Iran’s Fordow fuel enrichment plant is a fortress built deep within the mountains — up ...

This may eliminate the U.S. ability to deliver the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (GBU-57/B or MOP) which is by far the most effective U.S. conventional weapon against hard and very deeply buried targets ...

A B-2 Spirit drops one of two GBU-57 Massive Ordinance Penetrator bunker-busting bombs as seen in a 2019 video. Two members of the House of Representatives are preparing to introduce legislation that ...

The shots give an idea of the size of the GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator). The B-2 Spirit stealth bombers of the 509th Bomb Wing based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, are the only ...

To date, the US military has never confirmed operational use of the GBU-57A/B in combat. It is a strategic weapon held in reserve for the highest-value, hardest-to-reach targets.

The challenge sounds unreal: How do you blast a hole through a mountain of concrete and granite and then blow up what hides beneath it―all without crossing the nuclear line? The solution is a ...

The GBU-57 is arguably the most destructive weapon of its kind, hailing from a long line of smaller cousins and air blast variants. Here's What You Need To Remember: The U.S. Air Force's plans to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The GBU-57 is arguably the most destructive weapon of its kind, hailing from a long line of smaller cousins and air blast variants. The B-2 Spirit is the most ...

To date, the US military has never confirmed operational use of the GBU-57A/B in combat. It is a strategic weapon held in reserve for the highest-value, hardest-to-reach targets.