The United States used the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bomb, known as “Bunker Buster”, during attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, according to two sources that are aware of the business. MOP, a bomb weighing 30,000 pounds with 6,000 pounds of explosives, is designed to “reach and destroy the weapons of mass destruction of our opponents in well -protected facilities”, according to a US Air Force Note. The 12 bombs dropped on Saturday is recorded as the first known case of operational use of this bomb. Prior to Saturday’s attacks, some US officials doubted whether MOP could completely destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, especially underground enrichment plants. Former US President Donald Trump said via social networks on Saturday that the US had “completed the successful attack on three nuclear facilities in Iran, including Formou, Natanz and Isfahan”. ‘All aircraft […]
Source: News Beast
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