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The Physics of Bunker Buster Bombs: How the GBU-57 Penetrates 200 Feet of Concrete

In the realm of military technology, the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator stands out as a marvel of engineering, capable of breaching up to 200 feet of concrete. Understanding the physics behind ...
The National Interest

Forget the GBU-57: The US Air Force Wants an Even Bigger Bunker-Buster Bomb

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 ...
Flightglobal

‘Brightest explosion that I’ve ever seen’: inside US effort to develop a bomb for Iran’s nuclear sites

The US military is providing new details about its decade-long effort to develop the massive bunker-busting bombs used in recent strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. That raid saw seven ...
Aviation Week

Pentagon Focuses On Test Infrastructure for MOP, Next-Gen Penetrator

A Boeing GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator in testing. Credit: Defense Department For the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the U.S. Air Force, devoting the time and money to build an ...