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 ...
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 ...
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 ...