How do you blast a hole through a mountain of concrete and granite and then blow up what hides beneath it―all without ...

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

As the war between Israel and Iran escalates, a single U.S. weapon keeps getting mentioned—sometimes quietly, sometimes not so quietly.

That task would most likely fall to a small number of US Air Force strategic bombers that are capable of delivering 13,610kg ...

As Israel aims to take out Iran's nuclear facilities, could this US 'bunker buster' bomb play a role? What to know.

Israel's escalating conflict with Iran over its increased nuclear as brought up speculation about the possible use of one of ...

Donald Trump is reported to be hesitant to strike, uncertain whether U.S. MOP bombs can take out Iran's fortified Fordow ...

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

MOP s were developed by America’s air force when it found that its existing bunker-busters could not damage Iraqi bunkers ...

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

First, should the U.S. continue to support the Israeli operation, both with materiel supplies and with defenses against ...

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a precision guided bunker-busting bomb designed to be carried by a B-2 Stealth Bomber, could be the key in taking out Iran’s Fordow enrichment plant.