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 ...

The GBU-57s, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP for short), were carried by a fleet of B-2 bombers, marking the first time the munitions were used in combat. U.S. forces struck three sites ...

The US Air Force says the GBU-57 bunker-buster bomb can penetrate up to 200 feet below ground before exploding.

The U.S. bombers that attacked Iran's nuclear sites dropped GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, bunker-busting bombs designed to destroy hardened underground targets, for the first time in warfare. A ...

Although the US has sold less powerful bunker buster weapons to Israel, it has declined to share the Massive Ordnance Penetrator with any of its allies. “I’ve seen 500-pounders, and they’ll ...

This bomb, the GBU-57, is better known as a "bunker buster” or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Why is the MOP the right tool for the job? It's in the name.

GBU-57/B—also known as a Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)—was a solution. Its Air Force fact sheet sums it up as “a weapon system designed to accomplish a difficult, ...

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri in 2023. Photo / Whiteman Air Force Base, US Air Force ...

The 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator is considered by analysts to be the best shot at getting through to targets ...

This bomb, the GBU-57, is better known as a “bunker buster” or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Why is the MOP the right tool for the job? It’s in the name.

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to Destroy Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Facility American military engineers designed the GBU-57/B bomb to devastate deeply buried bunkers without ...