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  • B-2 Bomber Gets Boeing's New 30,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bomb

    11/16/2011 5:51:03 AM PST · by lbryce · 38 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 15, 2011 | Tony Capaccio
    The U.S. Air Force has taken delivery of a new 30,000-pound bomb from Boeing Co. that's capable of penetrating deeply buried enemy targets. The huge bunker buster, dubbed the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, is built to fit the B-2 stealth bomber. The Air Force Global Strike Command started receiving the bombs in September, Air Force spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jack Miller said in a short statement to Bloomberg News. The deliveries "will meet requirements for the current operational need," he said. The Air Force in 2009 said Boeing might build as many as 16 of the munitions. Miller yesterday had no details...