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  • NO Place Safe to Hide Anymore: Introducing the USAF's GBU-57A/B 'Massive Ordinance Penetrator' (MOP)

    12/20/2011 8:59:31 AM PST · by Reaganite Republican · 44 replies
    Reaganite Republican ^ | December 20, 2011 | Reaganite Republican
    10x more powerful than it's predecessor,  the 30,000 pound bomb can penetrate 200 ft  of hardened concrete before it goes BOOM GBU-57A/B  Military technology has indeed created some fearsome weapons over the last few decades, from the 5,000 lb GBU-28 Deep Throat bunker buster, to the 3x larger (15,000 lb) BLU-82 Daisycutter, roughly equivalent to the Russians' 15,650 lb ATBIP (Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power). Then there's the USAF's 22,000 lb Grand Slam 'earthquake bomb' and the 22,600 lb GBU-43 MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast), which approximates the effect of a small nuclear weapon. But provided you were able to find...