The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is a 30,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator is a 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb

In “Top Gun: Maverick,” the Navy is tasked with destroying an underground uranium enrichment plant in an unnamed foreign country. Maverick’s plan requires two bombs to be dropped: the first to hit an exposed ventilation hatch and the second to travel down the shaft as the kill shot. This tandem strike wouldn’t be necessary if Maverick had been in the Air Force. The Air Force would have used it’s most powerful “bunker buster:” the 30,000-pound GB…

US B-2 bombers, bunker-busters and alternatives

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber represents one of America's most advanced strategic weapons platforms, capable of entering sophisticated air defenses and delivering precision strikes against hardened targets such as Iran's buried network of nuclear research facilities. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Factbox-US B-2 bombers, bunker-busters and alternatives

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber represents one of America's most advanced strategic weapons platforms, capable of entering sophisticated air defenses and delivering precision strikes against hardened targets such as Iran's buried network of nuclear research…

B-2 stealth bombers and 30,000-pound bunker busters: Why striking Iran’s nuclear sites is such a difficult feat

White House officials told NBC News that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a range of options including striking Iran directly.

Will Trump HIT Iran with a “bunker buster” bomb?

Will President Trump get America involved in Israel’s war with Iran by helping drop a “bunker buster” bomb on Iran’s main nuclear facility? Would that cross a red line? Glenn Beck asks House Foreign Affairs Committee member, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who explains why she believes such debates are pointless right now. Plus, Rep. Luna addresses a 1980s CIA "playbook" that exposes a strategy to "set off riots and destabilize governments." TranscriptB…