The Air Force would have used it’s most powerful “bunker buster:” the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator. It is the most powerful bunker buster bomb in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal, and ...

Iran’s hardened, underground nuclear sites are impervious to most conventional weapons — except the U.S.-made 30,000-pound, deep-penetrating bomb.

The heavyweight explosive is known as a GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator and was designed by Boeing for the United States Air Force.

Bunker buster bombs can go to varying depths depending on the model, from just under 2 feet with the BLU-109 to over 200 feet ...

The Pentagon released jaw-dropping footage showcasing how the 30,000-pound heavy-duty bunker-buster bombs that were used ...

The U.S. bombers that attacked Iran's nuclear sites dropped GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, bunker-busting bombs ...

President Donald Trump announced June 21 that American warplanes dropped bombs on three nuclear sites, one of them deep ...

The U.S. Air Force has just taken delivery of the first GBU-57A/B (Massive Ordnance Penetrator). It weighs 30,000 lb and will penetrate 200 ft of hardened concrete BEFORE it goes off. If you are ...

Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.

The "massive ordnance penetrator," or MOP bomb, will be the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. It is now undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010.

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