Much of the world learned of the existence of so-called "bunker busters" when the United States bombed targets in Iran in June 2025. Yet this type of ordnance has actually been around since World War ...

Chinese military scientists have proposed a way to counter the US Air Force’s famed GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) or bunker busters by revealing an alleged flaw with their design. In a ...

The US Air Force has awarded a contract for the design of a next-generation bunker-buster bomb. The bomb will eventually replace the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. The MOP ...

WASHINGTON — After the United States dropped 14 “bunker buster” bombs on two nuclear sites in Iran, Anh Duong looked up the weapon’s technical details and felt a rush of familiarity. Duong, 65, is a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is staring down the possibility of seeing its most important nuclear facilities hit by a 30,000-pound American bomb. White House officials told NBC News this week ...

Israel asked the U.S. this week for advanced “bunker-buster” bombs and refueling planes that could help in the event of an attack on Iran’s underground nuclear sites, an Israeli official confirmed to ...

Israel's attack on Iran aimed at destroying its nuclear program has raised speculation about whether the U.S. would use one of America's most powerful weapons to make that happen. The Israeli ...

Details about the future NGP are limited, but current speculation suggests it could be roughly similar in size to the 30,000-pound “Massive Ordnance Penetrator.” The United States Air Force used its ...

The bipartisan bill gives Trump the power to give Israel the power to protect itself against "all contingencies if Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon." Legislators have proposed a bill authorizing ...

A GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, In a photo released by the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force/AP) The U.S. bombers that attacked Iran's nuclear sites ...