Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Boeing’s New 30,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bomb Delivered To The Air Force

Boeing 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb. Allroya.com

B-2 Bomber Gets Boeing’s New 30,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bomb -- Bloomberg

The U.S. Air Force has taken delivery of a new 30,000-pound bomb from Boeing Co. (BA) that’s capable of penetrating deeply buried enemy targets.

The huge bunker buster, dubbed the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, is built to fit the B-2 stealth bomber. The Air Force Global Strike Command started receiving the bombs in September, Air Force spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jack Miller said in a short statement to Bloomberg News.

The deliveries “will meet requirements for the current operational need,” he said.

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More News On The Deployment Of Boeing’s New 30,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bomb

Weighing in at 30,000 pounds, a new bomb for US -- AFP
Air Force Receives Anti-WMD Bunker Buster Bombs -- Global Security Newswire
Air Force gets super bombs to attack Iran? -- RT
US Air Forces get super-heavy bunker buster bombs -- Voice of Russia
US reveals its new bunker-buster bombs -- Ynet News
Pentagon’s New Bunker Busters Not for Iran -- Bloomberg

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