The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth more than $100 million ...

Replacing GBU-57s dropped on Iran highlights issues that come from being locked into a single contractor, which the Pentagon ...

The question of whether the US can destroy the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility will partly be an intelligence race of who can outwit whom, matching offensive and defensive capabilities.

The 30,000-pound guided bomb is designed to penetrate an estimated 200 feet through rock or other hard substances before ...

The US Air Force has awarded a contract for the design of a next-generation bunker-buster bomb. The bomb will eventually replace the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. The MOP ...

United States military is moving to replenish its stockpile of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster ...

Iran's most fortified nuclear facility, called Fordo, is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — often... The U.S. used 'bunker buster' bombs in Iran. Here's what to ...

Details about the future NGP are limited, but current speculation suggests it could be roughly similar in size to the 30,000-pound “Massive Ordnance Penetrator.” The United States Air Force used its ...

A GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri. (U.S. Air Force/Associated Press) Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) told reporters he spoke with President Trump over the ...

WASHINGTON — After the United States dropped 14 “bunker buster” bombs on two nuclear sites in Iran, Anh Duong looked up the weapon’s technical details and felt a rush of familiarity. Duong, 65, is a ...

Israel asked the U.S. this week for advanced “bunker-buster” bombs and refueling planes that could help in the event of an attack on Iran’s underground nuclear sites, an Israeli official confirmed to ...