USAF To Arm B-2A With Massive Bunker-Buster Bomb

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From Flight Global:

The US Air Force today revealed plans to acquire a small arsenal of a new 13,600kg (30,000lb) penetrator bomb to deploy on Northrop Grumman B-2As in three years.

The USAF's public notice follows several years of testing the Boeing GBU57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which is designed to destroy hardened bunkers buried deeply underground.

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My Comment: I guess the B-2 now has a mission .... quite an expensive tool to use for a mission.

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