Posted on 10/29/2013 3:19:06 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at theaviationist.com ...
Even such a weapon as this one could not penetrate the depths of the screwed up source code for the ObamaCare website...
200 feet of concrete?
I’m in love.
200 feet of concrete: Holy smokes!
H’mmmm, doesn’t look like a pickle barrel with a B-17 bombardier using a Norden bombsite.
Ya beat me to posting this, found it today, a beautiful site..
Like the base of Grand Coulee Dam maybe? Sure hope that never gets hit as I'm downstream.
What good is it if we aren’t going to use it?
I found the site a bit cheesy. Almost pro-iranian. That bunker buster was fake. Plane was real.
Home viewing bookmark.
I agree “fake”! No doubt it’s just a shape. Look at the wheels on the carrier. Don’t think they could handle 15 tons.
Yeah, that’s awesome.
Do you have an escape plan for high ground? LOL
I agree. Fake.
I've read that the MOAB was tested there and that only the people involved in the test heard the explosion. (That was a measure of how big the AFB is, I guess)
You can see the test on YouTube.
Looks like he in a Speedo
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.
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