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US dropped 6 GBU-57 bunker buster bombs on Fordow nuclear site in Iran: Report
The United States dropped six GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs in recent airstrikes on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility, according to a report by Reuters. The strikes were carried out using B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, each capable of carrying two of the 30,000-pound (15-ton) bunker-buster munitions designed to destroy deeply buried and hardened targets. The confirmation came after President Donald Trump publicly announced the operations on in the day, Reuters had reported on the movement of B-2 aircraft, capable of carrying powerful bunker-busting munitions, such as the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which defense experts consider highly effective against fortified underground B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is capable of carrying two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs), each weighing 30,000 pounds (15 tons), specifically engineered to destroy deeply buried and hardened targets, such as Iran's Fordow nuclear facility.
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is capable of carrying two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs).
Due to its immense size, the B-2 is typically limited to carrying two MOPs per mission, although it may be configured to carry additional munitions depending on the payload capacity, according to The National GBU-57 is capable of penetrating up to 200 feet of earth or 60 feet of reinforced concrete, making it ideally suited for neutralizing heavily fortified underground installations.
