The "massive ordnance penetrator," or MOP bomb, will be the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. It is now undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010.

The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete. What makes up such a ...

A new bipartisan bill, the “Bunker Buster Act,” has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to authorize the President to supply Israel with the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) and ...

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator may even have a political component to it. During a debate on foreign policy between surrogates for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama at the Brookings Institution on ...

Smile, you GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator you! Or like I like to call you: Mr. Holmes, the 30,000-pound (13.6 metric tons) precision-guided bunker ...

The Boeing-developed Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) successfully completed a static tunnel lethality test March 14 at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) weapons tunnel complex at ...

The U.S. Air Force is exploring new options to help with the development of improved fuzes for the 30,000-pound GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bomb.

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator can penetrate 200 feet of reinforced concrete, and the B-2 Spirit bomber can carry two of them. By Kyle Mizokami Published: Dec 27, 2018 1:38 PM EST.

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 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb earns accolades for its effectiveness, ... Massive bombs like the MOP are part of the U.S.'s initiative to decrease dependence on nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

Animated 3D illustration of the bunker-busting GBU-57, also named Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), capable of penetrating around 60 metres underground before exploding. VIDEOGRAPHIC ...

OK, I took the liberty of making the title more interesting... it's actually The Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Basically, it's a big ass bomb (snicker) made to penetrate enemy hideouts and blow ...