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 ...

The US Air Force has awarded a contract for the design of a next-generation bunker-buster bomb. The bomb will eventually replace the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. The MOP ...

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 ...

Israel's attack on Iran aimed at destroying its nuclear program has raised speculation about whether the U.S. would use one of America's most powerful weapons to make that happen. The Israeli ...

The US is preparing to authorize giving Israel B-2 stealth bombers and 30,000-pound, 20-foot-long “bunker buster” bombs if Iran resumes its nuclear weapons program, under a new bill proposed by a ...

WASHINGTON — After the United States dropped 14 “bunker buster” bombs on two nuclear sites in Iran, Anh Duong looked up the weapon’s technical details and felt a rush of familiarity. Duong, 65, is a ...

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 Air Force is at work on a successor to the huge 30,000-pound bunker-buster bomb used to strike Iran's nuclear facilities earlier this year. The service awarded a contract to design and ...