Congress quietly fastracks Massive Bunker Buster Bomb

by Infidelesto on September 29, 2009 · Comments

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Congress today quietly approved the fast-tracking of the BGU-57A/B or Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP)

custom_1244643037471_yourfileSuper bombs are being fast-tracked by the Pentagon for possible use against nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran. So massive, the GBU-57A/B or Massive Ordnance Penetrator or MOP can only be delivered by a B-52 or a B-2A.

The Pentagon is accelerating by three years plans for a super bunker buster, the GBU-57A/B or Massive Ordnance Penetrator or MOP, a powerful new bomb aimed squarely at the underground nuclear facilities of Iran and North Korea. The gargantuan bomb—longer than 11 persons standing shoulder-to-shoulder or more than 20 feet base to nose, weighs 30,000 pounds. Some 18 percent of its total weight is comprised of explosives.

Guided by a precision GPS system, the MOP can penetrate an unprecedented 200 feet down before exploding with devastation into an underground bunker, such as those buried in Iran and North Korea currently used to shield rogue nuclear programs. Now Congress has quietly advanced $68 million into the 2009 budget to accelerate the purchase and deployment of ten such super bunker busters making clear they are for possible use against the regimes in Iran or North Korea. Pentagon planners are rushing to beat by months the latest June 2010 deadline for just four such bombs, and have been subsequently directed to increase the number of MOPs to at least ten.

In early July 2009, the Defense Department told a Congressional committee that the MOP was the “weapon of choice” for an “urgent operational need” enunciated by both the U.S. Pacific Command, tasked with North Korea, and the Central Command, tasked with Iran. In doing so, the Pentagon accelerated the program by three years.

The GBU-57A/B MOP is so immense it can only be carried by either a B-52 or a B2a Stealth bomber. The weapon’s explosive power is 10 times greater than its predecessor, the BLU-109. Moreover, the GBU-57A/B MOP is one third heavier than the MOAB dubbed the Mother of All Bombs.

Read more about it here (hattip Kyros)

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  • Drago
    Nice!, but will the current administration have the stones to actually do anything with them?
  • JEWHAWK
    Nope.President Hussein would rather use those bombs against Israel,in
    order to "stop the illegal settlements that twarts Peace on the Middle East ".

    For Mr.Hussein,Israel is the enemy,not Iran,North Korea,Syria and Venezuela.
  • Drago
    >For Mr.Hussein,Israel is the enemy,not Iran,North Korea,Syria and Venezuela.

    ... and those who attend tea parties.
  • JEWHAWK
    Unfortunately Israel doesn't have any aircraft capable of carrying
    that magnificent bomb.
    Pity.

    Maybe a joint israeli/american attack could do some substantial
    damage to iranian nuclear facilities.

    Israel could send about 150 F-16's as bombers,50 F-15's as
    escorts.The F-16's would carry 'only' a couple of 2,000 lbs bombs
    each,plus an external fuel tank.

    America would send at least a dozen B-2's carrying that BOMBZILLA
    to pulverize its targets.Some 40 or 50 F-15's as escorts would suffice.

    TARGETS:

    1) NATANZ (Uranium enrichment plant)

    2) BUSHEHR (Nuclear power station)

    3) ISFAHAN (Uranium conversion plant)

    4) ARAK (Heavy water plant)

    5) QOM (Uranium enrichment plant)

    6) Revolutionary Guard Headquarters

    7) Iranian air Force's aircraft and airfields such as Ghal'eh Morghi and Doshan Tapeh

    8) Iman Khomeini International Airport

    9) Mehrabad Airport

    10) Tehran Train Station

    11) Iranian Central Bank,in Tehran

    12) Tehran Stock Exchange

    13) Sharif University of Technology

    14) University of Tehran

    15) Iran's Military Academy,in Tehran

    16) Iranian Parliament building,in Tehran

    17) Khuzestan refinery, The Persian Gulf Star refinery, Shahriar refinery, Anahita refinery, Hormoz refinery, Caspian refinery and Pars refinery,all under construction and will be functioning until 2012.

    18) The Azadegan's oil field.

    19) All NINE existing iranian refineries situated at Abadan,Isfahan,Bandar Abbas,Tehran,Arak,Tabriz,Shiraz,Kermanshah and Lavan Island.

    20) Kharg Island Export Terminal
  • SirWilhelm
    Would one of these be able to penetrate Ahmadinejad's head? Unfortunately, I doubt it. Wish we could test it on Obama's head, I think it's similar.
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    Well,it's quite feasible for not requiring any major
    technological research,apparently.

    MOSSAD:

    One day a Jew from São Paulo came to my office to brag about how the Mossad "picked"
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    The CIA and MOSSAD have offices in São Paulo,too.They are closely
    watching the situation there,under the ABIN's supervision.
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