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Boeing has successfully improved its 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb

January 15, 2013 David Cenciotti

Boeing has successfully improved the performance of the 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator. According to Bloomberg’s Tony Capaccio, on his annual report, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing Michael Gilmore has confirmed that tests conducted with […]

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Too cool to be true: a night sortie on board the B-52 Stratofortress. As seen through the Night Vision Goggles

July 26, 2012 David Cenciotti

I’m not sure how many recent wars have begun in the same way: swarms of B-52 Stratofortress bombers start up their engine, taxi and take off in sequence to strike a series of vital targets […]

Military Aviation

Upgraded 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb ready to destroy deeply buried bunkers in Iran, Syria etc.

July 26, 2012 David Cenciotti

The GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, a massive 30,000-lb bomb that can destroy deeply buried bunkers, has been upgraded and ready to be carried by the U.S. Air Force B-52 and B-2 bombers. “If it […]

Military Aviation

It's better to replenish the stock before going to war with Iran (or Syria). U.S Air Force Orders 5,000 JDAM bomb kits.

February 23, 2012 Richard Clements

Along with the update of the GBU-57A/B bomb just financed by the Congress, the U.S. Air Force will  get additional JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) kits to replenish its stock. The most recent one, worth […]

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USAF to get upgraded Bunker Buster (while developing new tactics to reach buried nuke sites)

February 12, 2012 Richard Clements

The U.S. congress has given permission to the $81 million finances to update the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb. The funding is thought to be needed to upgrade the fusing and the tail fins to give […]

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