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 ...

The US bunker-buster bomb and how it could be used against Iran's nuclear program. It can penetrate 200 feet deep to where Iran's centrifuges are believed stored.

61,500 lb. bomb, more than 10x Oklahoma City explosive, found in Afghanistan. Nov. 13, 2013 -- Afghan national security forces near the border with Pakistan recently intercepted one of the largest ...

The bomb that Shaheen was referring to is the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, known as a MOP. It is designed to attack "deeply-buried facilities and hardened bunkers and tunnels," according to ...

Producing bomb-grade uranium requires vast arrays of high-speed centrifuges to spin the uranium gas and concentrate the enriched form. Iran’s Natanz and Fordo sites held more than 18,000 ...

The bomb produced a high-temperature, sustained blast, “so that our guys would not have to flush out these hills or caves by foot,” she said. Used repeatedly in Afghanistan, ...