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.

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the lengthy development of the heavy GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, offering a look ...

The bombs, called the GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, have their roots in a decades-old classified briefing “of what looked like a major construction project in the mountains of Iran ...

When the analysts realized they did not have a weapon to strike Fordo if needed, Caine said they teamed up with industry in a top-secret effort to build the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or GBU-57 ...

The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, showed a test video of a Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the bombs used in the strikes against Iran. The video was part of an incredibly ...

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 ...

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.