GBU-57/B MOP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2010
Total Production : ?
Total Cost : USD $314 million
| Model | Status | Year | Produced |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBU-57/B MOP | Active | 2010 | ? |
GBU-57/B MOP
Group : Bombs
Status : Active
Also Known As : Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Origin : 
United States of America
Contractor : Boeing
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2010
Total Production : ?
Unitary Cost : USD $15.7 million
The Boeing GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is a 30,000-pound penetration weapon sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) . It is intended to defeat a set of hard and deeply buried targets such as concrete bunkers and underground facilities. The MOP weapon has been designed to be released from high altitudes by the US Air Force B-2 and B-52 bombers. Its navigation system builds around the GPS and its warhead is made of more than 5,300 pounds of explosive. The MOP was first loaded into a surrogate bomber in December 2007 and was ready for deploymet by the end of 2010.
In early 2015 the US Air Force tested a new version of the MOP fitted with upgraded electronic countermeasures to prevent jamming of its guidance system. The improved version is intended to engage heavily fortified underneath bunkers using two successive MOP bombs thus requiring high accuracy. This new capability may be intended against Iran's Fordow nuclear research facility.
Operators
| Country | Status | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States of America | Active | ? |
Specifications
| Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dimensions | ||
| Diameter | 31.5 inch | |
| Length | 20.5 foot | |
| Mass | ||
| Warhead | 5,300 pound | |
| Weight | 33,000 pound | |
| Performance | ||
| Piercing in Concrete | 20 meter | |
| Underground Penetration | 200 foot | |
News
The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $7,801,212 contract for the procurement of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) Modification Phase III.
The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $70,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $70,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $21,607,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8681-18-D-0007
The US States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is planning to buy thousands of missiles that are smaller than Hellfire missiles but more destructive.
The US just ordered a lot more of the bombs tailored for missions of “reaching and destroying our adversaries’ weapons of mass destruction located in well-protected facilities,”
The largest non-nuclear explosive in the US military – bigger even than the so-called “Mother of All Bombs (MOAB)” ordnance dropped by the US military on Daesh-affiliated
The Pentagon has upgraded and tested the largest bunker-buster bomb in the US, powerful enough to disable Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear facilities in case of failure
12/27/2007 - WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AFPN) -- A team of weapons specialists loaded a 20-foot mock bomb into the bomb bay of a simulated aircraft Dec.
PALMDALE, Calif., July 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber would be able to attack and destroy an expanded set of hardened, deeply buried
ST. LOUIS, March 26, 2007 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA]-developed Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) successfully completed a static tunnel lethality test March 14 at the Defense
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Notes
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning
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