
Even if B-52s have been used to test it, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is the only aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory currently capable to carry and release the heaviest U.S. bomb, the 30,000-lb GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP).
The heavy GBU-57 is a 20-foot long GPS-guided bomb believed to be able to penetrate 200 feet of concrete before exploding, thus being capable to hit and destroy deeply buried targets.
Like bunkers in Iran, Syria or North Korea….
There are not many images showing the GBU-57 and even less show the MOP next to its intended platform. That’s why the top image, taken by Jim Mumaw in Jul. 2009, is extremely interesting and rare.
Image credit: Jim Mumaw
I think sending one of those up Vladimir Stalin’s rear end would be a great idea.
I think sending one of those buttbusters up Putin’s u know what would be fun to watch.
Photoshopped. You don’t hang one of those on a B-2 – besides B2’s have no external stores at all. Everything is carried internally – stealth. On a B-52, fine, but this is a joke.
“Like bunkers in Iran, Syria or North Korea….”
or in the USA, Like blowing up the Twin Towers on 9/11.