Much of the world learned of the existence of so-called "bunker busters" when the United States bombed targets in Iran in June 2025. Yet this type of ordnance has actually been around since World War ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force has awarded a contract for the design of a next-generation bunker-buster bomb. The bomb will eventually replace ...

The MOP is a 30,000-pound bomb measuring 20.5 feet in length. Its defining feature is its ability to penetrate through hard structures before detonating. The MOP is capable of penetrating through more ...

Bunker buster bombs are powerful weapons designed to penetrate deep underground targets before exploding, making them crucial ...

The GBU-72/B sits between the common 2,000lb bunker buster and the far more powerful 30,000lb GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance ...

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, 2023. (U.S. Air Force via AP) The U.S. Air Force last week awarded defense firm Applied Research ...

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 U.S. Air Force is buying more GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, bunker-buster bombs from Boeing to replace the weapons used to strike Iran's nuclear facilities in 2025. (U.S. Air Force) ...

A B-2 Stealth Bomber lands at the Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in Palmdale, California on July 17, 2014, as the US Air Force and manufacturer Northrop Grumman celebrated the 25th ...

The B-2 Spirit is the only operational US aircraft that can carry the heaviest bombs in America's arsenal.US Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Patrick Evenson The US Air Force is at work on a ...