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B-2 Stealth Bomber drops two GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs
 
The US Air Force has recently released test footage showing a USAF Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit stealth bomber releasing two Boeing GBU-57A/B Precision Guided Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs, testing the weapon's capability to destroy deeply buried underground targets.

The GBU-57A/B is a 30,000-pound (13,608 kg) weapon carrying a warhead weighing 5,300 pounds (2,404 kg) of high explosives. It is used exclusively by the United States Air Force on B-2A bombers on conventional missions operating from the Whiteman Air Force Base, Montana. The weapon is designed to defeat deeply buried targets, up to 200 ft (60 meters) deep.

The video clearly demonstrates the bomber's ability to carry two weapons, yet at a slightly reduced fuel load.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-B2LrQZgLY&t=13s
« Last Edit: March 05, 2022, 06:35:33 am by rangerrebew »

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Even if it don't getcha, it will getcha...

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Even if it don't getcha, it will getcha...

The seismic disturbance would shake you to death. :terror: 

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The seismic disturbance would shake you to death. :terror:
And the accuracy.. They can almost put those things in your back pocket even if you're not looking..