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The National Interest on MSNIsrael’s GBU-28 Bomb Is a Killer—but Can’t Destroy Iran’s Biggest Nuclear SiteWhile the GBU-28 is one of Israel’s most powerful weapons—and one of America’s best bunker busters—the system simply cannot penetrate the depths at Fordow.
The US has once again turned to its bunker-busting arsenal, this time targeting Iran's nuclear sites with GBU-57 bombs ...
Operation Desert Storm ended on February 28, 1991, but a day before the ceasefire, a bunker-buster bomb of the same class as GBU-57 was dropped from the air and is often credited with ending the ...
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The National Interest on MSNWhy Iran Should Fear America’s GBU-57 “Massive Ordnance Penetrator” BombBunker buster bombs are not battlefield munitions. They serve a very specific purpose, with potential returns far outpacing ...
The GBU-72 replaces the GBU-28 in Air Force service. The bomb entered development sometime around 2017, with a projected cost of $36 million for 125 bombs. The first test was in October of 2021 ...
Published on: May 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM. ... The groundbreaking test saw Norwegian soldiers take control of two GBU-53 glide bombs released by two F-15Es and direct them towards the target.
Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons ...
In 1981, Israel destroyed Iraq’s nuclear reactor, leading Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah to build underground facilities, countered by bunker-busting bombs like the GBU-28.
Photos show the B-1 carrying a large bomb on the forward right hard point. And it looks like it's GBU-72/B, the new 5,000 pound "Bunker Buster". A U.S.
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