Air Force posts video of B-2 dropping two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-busting bombs
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force has released a remarkable video showing a B-2 bomber dropping its highest-powered 'bunker buster' bombs amid rising tensions with Iran. The Daily Mail reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
20 May 2019 -- The video, which is the most high-definition ever released of this kind of bomb, shows two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs being employed against a ground targets at an undisclosed location.
Footage shows the 33,000-pound bombs being dropped from the weapons bay of a B-2 stealth bomber and disappearing deep into the earth before exploding in an enormous ball of flames.
The MOP is the most powerful non-nuclear bunker-buster on Earth and is precision guided using a GPS system. It is designed to destroy deeply buried command posts, research stations, and other heavily fortified facilities.
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