The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the intergovernmental body that assesses compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, was barred from going within about 40 miles of the affected ...

Despite the precision and scale of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran’s regime is likely to rebuild, intensify proxy warfare, and remain committed to its long-term atomic ambitions.

Bunker buster bombs can go to varying depths depending on the model, from just under 2 feet with the BLU-109 to over 200 feet ...

The MOP was developed in the early 2000s as part of a DARPA-led effort created in response to the emergence of Iranian and North Korean fortified nuclear facilities.

Pentagon details strike on Iran's Fordow, but leaves open key questions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine said the strike on Iran's Fordow facility was 15 years in the making.

They depicted America's bunker-busting bomb, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or GBU-57. It was being dropped from high above the Earth by a B-2 Spirit bomber.

The infographics were everywhere in the run-up to Sunday's early-morning strike on Iran's nuclear facilities by American stealth bombers. They depicted America's bunker-busting bomb, known as the ...

It was the first known operational deployment of the GBU-57 “Massive Ordnance Penetrator” (MOP) bomb, more commonly called the “bunker buster.” ...

That Massive Ordnance Penetrator can penetrate to a depth of 200 feet, 60 meters translates to about 197 feet. The Air Force has never released the actual penetrating depth of MOP, but it does ...

Each plane dropped a 30,000-pound precision Massive Ordnance Penetrator “bunker-buster” on nuclear targets in Iran. The B-2 bombers are the only Air Force bombers that can carry the MOP on ...

The B-2 bombers involved in the U.S. military mission that dropped more than a dozen Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities departed Whiteman Air Force Base in ...