The 30,000-pound guided bomb is designed to penetrate an estimated 200 feet through rock or other hard substances before ...

The US Air Force revealed more than it intended when new images from Whiteman Air Force Base showed the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the country’s most powerful bunker‑buster bomb. The photos surfaced ...

The US Air Force has awarded a contract for the design of a next-generation bunker-buster bomb. The bomb will eventually replace the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. The MOP ...

Israel asked the U.S. this week for advanced “bunker-buster” bombs and refueling planes that could help in the event of an attack on Iran’s underground nuclear sites, an Israeli official confirmed to ...

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 ...

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, 2023. (U.S. Air Force via AP) The U.S. Air Force last week awarded defense firm Applied Research ...