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The Massive GBU-57A/B MOP Was Built for a War with China
In addition to its massive weight (over 12 tons), the GBU-57A/B MOP is quite large with a length of 20.5 feet (for comparison, an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet is 49 feet long) and a diameter ...
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The Air Force is ordering more of its biggest nonnuclear bomb - designed to take out underground targets like those in North Korea or Iran
The Air Force has given Boeing a $20.9 million contract to procure the GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator - a bomb designed to destroy hardened underground targets like those found in North Korea ...
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US increases production of bombs for underground nuclear facilities - Bloomberg
The plant will produce the precision-guided GBU-57 aerial bomb, known under another name as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. This bomb is capable of penetrating the ground to a depth of up to 61 ...