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To: gopwinsin04
Specifications
Weight, total 13,600 kg [30,000 lb]
Weight, explosive 2,700 kg [6,000 lb]
Length 6 m [20 feet]
Diameter ??
Control short-span wings and trellis-type tail
Penetration 60 meters [200 feet] through 5,000 psi reinforced concrete
40 meters [125 feet] through moderately hard rock
8 meters [25 feet] through 10,000 psi reinforced concrete
Contractors Boeing, Northrop Grumman
Sponsors Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate
Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Platforms B-52, B-2
Guidance GPS aided INS
Schedule
  • 2005 - Refine MOP concept and begin detailed weapon development and testing
  • 2005 - statically emplaced Proof-of Principle test of payload effectiveness
  • 2006 - static lethality demonstration against hard and deeply buried targets
  • 2006 - scaled penetration and lethality testing
  • 2007 - Conduct Massive Ordnance Penetrator Demonstration
  • 2007 - full-scale performance demonstration against realistic hard and deeply buried targets

20 posted on 05/23/2006 11:42:54 AM PDT by demlosers
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To: demlosers; Sender
Platforms B-52, B-2

I don't think the Israelis fly either of those planes, so what platform would they use?

22 posted on 05/23/2006 11:59:20 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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