A replacement for the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (pictured) could be smaller and more accurate.
Credit: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the world’s largest conventional bomb to attack the hardest and most deeply buried enemy targets. The Next-Generation Penetrator (NGP) will replace the 30,000-lb.-class GBU-57, also known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), as soon as or shortly after...
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