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Iran’s hardened, underground nuclear sites are impervious to most conventional weapons — except the U.S.-made 30,000-pound, ...
Israel's best chance at destroying the facility at Fordo could lie with a U.S.-produced bomb that's so heavy that it can only be dropped by a U.S. plane.
Experts are discussing the potential use of the US’s Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bomb, which can destroy Iran's deeply ...
The 30,000 pound munition, equipped by the U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bomber may be the only aerial bomb that can reach Iran's ...
Israel's escalating conflict with Iran over its increased nuclear as brought up speculation about the possible use of one of ...
As the war between Israel and Iran escalates, a single U.S. weapon keeps getting mentioned—sometimes quietly, sometimes not so quietly.
How do you blast a hole through a mountain of concrete and granite and then blow up what hides beneath it―all without ...
MOP s were developed by America’s air force when it found that its existing bunker-busters could not damage Iraqi bunkers ...
Recalling a 500 pound bunker buster going off, a source told The Post, “It shakes your teeth. It’s like being in an ...
The 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator is considered by analysts to be the best shot at getting through to targets ...
The GBU-57—also called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator—is a 30,000-pound bomb designed to plummet through 200 feet of ...