A digital mock-up of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator in flight.Cropped wings improve its agility. Boeing
Rush Delivery for Mother of All Bunker Busters -- The Danger Room
For several years, the U.S. military has been working on a 30,000-pound superbomb that can penetrate and destroy what the military calls “hardened targets“: Command bunkers or WMD facilities shielded by concrete and buried deep underground.
Now it looks as if the Pentagon is speeding delivery of the bomb, formally known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. The Associated Press’ Anne Gearan reports today that the Defense Department awarded a contract worth around $52 million to speed up integration of the bomb aboard the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. According to the story, the MOP could be ready for B-2 delivery as early as next summer.
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More News On The Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Meet the MOP: The Massive Ordnance Penetrator -- FOX News
A look at the MOP, 'massive ordnance penetrator' -- AP
U.S. boosts spending on bunker-buster bomb -- CBC
U.S. Iran plan is a bunker-busting bomb -- The Toronto Star
US developing new super bomb -- Defense Web
Pentagon Wants Colossal Bunker-Buster Bomb -- CBS
US wants bunker-buster fast, denies Iran is reason -- My Way/AP
My Comment: Of course Iran is targeted .... as well as North Korea and other countries that have decided to build hardened installations in mountains and/or in underground silos.