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First Massive Ordnance Penetrator Explosive Test Successful
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Mock up of MOP inside a bomb bay of a B-2 simulator, 2007.
911:""Northrop, USAF Explore Diverse B-2 Weapons Options.""
249:. It is intended that the bomb will be deployed on the
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4,590 lb (2,080 kg)/752 lb (341 kg)
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960:"Penetrate faster, harder with new AFRL weapon."
217:, analysis of sites that had been attacked with
557:B-2/Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) GBU-57A/B
982:"USAF Focuses On Next-Gen Hard-Target Killer."
714:Is the U.S. Preparing to bomb Iran? - ABC News
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824:"30,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb Now Ready"
684:Feature—30,000-pound bomb reaches milestone
363:releases a MOP during a weapons test, 2009.
283:later than the original availability date.
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595:"MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR fact sheet"
27:American GPS-guided "bunker buster" bomb
1107:MOPping Up: The USA's 30,000 Pound Bomb
726:"Reprogramming action - prior approval"
533:"Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran"
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1058:Massive Ordnance Penetrator Fact Sheet
793:"USAF Getting More Penetrating Power."
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1101:Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)
170:, 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) "
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420:: 27,125 pounds (12,304 kg)
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837:"The Air Force now has the MOP"
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373:On 25 June 2010, USAF Lt. Gen.
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269:Defense Threat Reduction Agency
223:Defense Threat Reduction Agency
826:. Bloomberg, 14 November 2011.
755:Wolf, Jim (18 December 2009).
112:27,125 pounds (12,304 kg)
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570:"Massive Ordnance Penetrator"
235:Air Force Research Laboratory
653:Suciu, Peter (19 May 2021).
438:: 752 lb (341 kg)
253:, and will be guided using
195:weapons of mass destruction
160:Massive Ordnance Penetrator
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414:: 31.5 inches (0.8 m)
446:: 200 ft (61 m)
334:White Sands Missile Range
273:White Sands Missile Range
237:, Munitions Directorate,
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128:31.5 inches (0.80 m)
66:Place of origin
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701:24 December 2008 at the
479:BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb
408:: 20.5 feet (6.2 m)
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302:Whiteman Air Force Base
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1091:—Jane's Defence Weekly
386:Next-Generation Bomber
120:20.5 feet (6.2 m)
779:28 March 2009 at the
659:The National Interest
382:Global Strike Command
215:2003 invasion of Iraq
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473:Specific large bombs
239:Eglin Air Force Base
48:GBU-57 MOP prototype
1103:—GlobalSecurity.org
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484:Father of All Bombs
375:Philip M. Breedlove
332:MOP underground at
278:On 6 October 2009,
146:Filling weight
997:"DTRA Fact Sheets"
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891:on 29 January 2013
843:on 2 December 2011
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467:Thermobaric weapon
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1073:—dtra.mil
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1079:—Boeing
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