In May 2023, the U.S. Air Force shocked the online military community when Whiteman Air Force Base’s official Facebook page accidentally posted photos of the ultra-secretive GBU-57 Massive Ordnance ...
The Air Force is looking to develop a new bunker buster bomb tailkit, according to a recent request for information.
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 military is providing new details about its decade-long effort to develop the massive bunker-busting bombs used in recent strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. That raid saw seven ...
Key Point and Summary - After Operation Midnight Hammer showed the GBU-57 MOP often needed multiple bombs per aimpoint at Fordow, the Air Force tapped ARA and Boeing to build the Next Generation ...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 21, the U.S. conducted aerial strikes on three Iranian Nuclear sites, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, using massive bunker-busting bombs. Experts ...
A GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, In a photo released by the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force/AP) The U.S. bombers that attacked Iran's nuclear sites ...
Chinese military scientists have proposed a way to counter the US Air Force's famed GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) or bunker busters by revealing an alleged flaw with their design. In a ...