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The GBU-57 series MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) is a 30,000-pound (13,600 kg) class precision-guided "bunker buster" bomb developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). [5] The GBU-57 is composed of a BLU-127 bomb body and respective guidance kit.
Known for its "bunker-busting" capability, the GBU-57 can strike targets as deep as 61 metres and with multiple hits, it is believed to be able to penetrate even deeper. Up until now, it has only been used in tests, but the Americans used its predecessor, the 15,000lb BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bombs, during the Vietnam War, dropping them from the back of Hercules to clear helicopter landing areas in ...
The GBU-57/B is designed to enhance this ability to pierce deep below the surface. Its nose has an ogive shape, like that of a Gothic arch. Just as such arches are known for distributing weight ...
The bomb that Shaheen was referring to is the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, known as a MOP. It is designed to attack "deeply-buried facilities and hardened bunkers and tunnels," according to ...
The GBU-57, known as a bunker buster – is capable of penetrating 200 feet deep inside a target and then exploding. Experts consider it to be the best shot at getting through Iran’s hardened ...
The GBU-57’s ability to penetrate some of the best hardened and most sensitive military sites across the world without crossing the nuclear threshold, thus giving the B-2 a particularly deep reach, makes them arguably the most dangerous bombs in the Western world.
About GBU-57A/B MOP: The GBU-57A/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) is a 30,000-pound (13,608 kg) precision-guided “bunker buster” bomb developed for the US Air Force. To ensure precision targeting, the MOP employs a combination of Global Positioning System and Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) guidance.
The GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) is a precision-guided bunker buster bomb weighing 30,000 lb (13,600 kg), in service with the United States Air Force (USAF). It is significantly larger than previous deep-penetration munitions, such as the 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) GBU-28 and GBU-37, and is specifically engineered to destroy heavily fortified, deep underground bunkers […]
usatoday.com DownloadAccording to Department of Defense documents, the GBU-57 is a guided, penetrating weapon with the ability to reach and destroy targets in deeply buried and hardened bunkers and tunnels. The ...
This bomb, the GBU-57, is better known as a “bunker buster” or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Why is the MOP the right tool for the job? It’s in the name. The MOP is designed for deeply ...