The United States is set to significantly increase the production of its largest non-nuclear bomb, the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), also known as the GBU-57A/B bunker-buster. The McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in southeast Oklahoma is being expanded to triple the monthly production capacity of these bombs. The 30,000-pound MOP can be dropped only from a B-2 stealth bomber. This move is seen as a strategic enhancement to potentially target deeply buried nuclear facilities in countries such as Iran and North Korea.
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The U.S. is expanding an Army ammunition plant in southeast Oklahoma to triple monthly production of its biggest non-nuclear bomb, which could attack underground nuclear facilities in Iran or North Korea, according to reports https://t.co/KmaCCju0XK
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#BREAKING: A US Army ammunition plant in Oklahoma is being expanded to at least triple monthly production of the USβs biggest non-nuclear bomb, a weapon often invoked in debates about a potential attack on deeply buried nuclear facilities in Iran or North Korea. (Bloomberg)
πΊπΈ Bloomberg: US to triple production capacity of 30,000 pound "bunker busters" McAlester Army Ammunition Plant is being expanded to increase the production capacity of the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). Right now there is facilitation for just 2 of the massiveβ¦ https://t.co/oNGInwo7SE
The US is set to boost output of bunker-buster bombs that are designed to hit underground nuclear facilities, like those in Iran or North Korea https://t.co/RZcqUT2SZY