US hurries to get bunker-buster bomb
Call it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which recently revealed a long-suspected nuclear site deep inside a mountain near the holy city of Qom...The bomb is about 10 times more powerful than the weapon it is designed to replace. The Pentagon has awarded a nearly $US52 million ($A57.34 million) contract...
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- News Source: Fox News | about 1 month agoA digital mock-up of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator in flight. Cropped wings improve its agility The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of...
- News Source: Kansas City Star | about 1 month agoThe "massive ordnance penetrator," or MOP bomb, will be the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. It is now undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010.
The bomb, made by Boeing Co., is approximately 20.5 feet long. It...
- News Source: The Age | about 1 month agoCall it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which recently revealed a long-suspected nuclear site deep inside a mountain near the holy city of Qom...The bomb is about 10 times more powerful than the weapon it is designed to replace. The Pentagon has...
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- Blog Source: www.plaintruth.comThe Pentagon has put a new weapon on the fast-track. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator is a 30000-pound bomb designed to hit targets buried 200 feet below ground.
- Blog Source: www.worldaffairsboard.comMassive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) / Direct Strike Hard Target Weapon / Big BLU On July 31, 2009, Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg, reported that the US.
- Blog Source: eyesoffaith.infoCoincidentally, the U.S. military has recently contracted with McDonnell Douglas Corporation to integrate a Massive Ordnance Penetrator capability with a B-2 (stealth) bomber. See "Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran? ...
- Blog Source: dprogram.netThe Massive Ordnance Penetrator is a 30000-pound bomb designed to hit targets buried 200 feet below ground. Earlier this year, the Pentagon comptroller sent a request to shift funds to the House and Senate Appropriations and Armed ...
- Blog Source: mliberalguy.blogspot.com"An artist's rendering provided by Boeing shows a "massive ordinance penetrator" or MOP bomb, which will become the largest conventional bomb in the US arsenal. It is 20.5 feet long, has a 31.5-inch diameter and a total weight of about ...
- Blog Source: www.defencetalk.comIt is officially called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, but it's known informally as a new and larger type of Bunker Buster. It weighs more than 13 metric tons - so heavy that only one can be carried on the most capable U.S. bomber ...
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- Video Source: youtube.comPentagon's New MOP Weapon: ...Video Source: youtube.comThe Pentagon says a massive 13600-kilogram bomb capable of penetrating deep ...
- Video Source: youtube.comMOP up IranVideo Source: youtube.comWill President Obama give up his Nobel Peace Prize after Iran is bombed ?
- Video Source: youtube.comiran conclusionsVideo Source: youtube.coma gargantuan bunker-busting bomb called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (...
- Video Source: youtube.comWORLD'S LARGEST CONVENTIONAL ...Video Source: youtube.comworld's largest bomb exploding. The bomb is called MOAB (Massive ...
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