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 ...
The GBU-57 MOP is the world’s most powerful non-nuclear aerial munition, packing 5,342 pounds of lethal high-explosive inside its 30,000-pound bulk. The bomb is so heavy that only the B-2 and the B-52 ...
President Trump is facing a critical decision on whether to use America’s B-2 bombers to drop the GBU-57 “bunker busting” bombs on the Fordow nuclear facility, which is buried in the mountains of Iran ...