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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica's Biggest Bomb Gets Another Upgrade To Target Iran's Nuclear Fortress
http://www.businessinsider.com/mop-bomb-massive-ordnance-penetrator-modified-for-iran-fordow-nuclear-site-2013-5The 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the largest bomb in the U.S. arsenal, and its new design is tailored specifically for striking Iran's Fordow nuclear enrichment complex.
Fordow, buried about 300 feet beneath a mountain near the city of Qom, is believed to contain more than 2,700 centrifuges enriching uranium.
Adam Entous and Julian Barnes at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that not only has the MOP been refined for an Iranian strike, but it's also being used to assure Israel the U.S. can keep Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
From WSJ:
Several times in recent weeks, American officials, seeking to demonstrate U.S. capabilities, showed Israeli military and civilian leaders secret Air Force video of an earlier version of the bomb hitting its target in high-altitude testing, and explained what had been done to improve it, according to diplomats who were present.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mop-bomb-massive-ordnance-penetrator-modified-for-iran-fordow-nuclear-site-2013-5#ixzz2SJnWGqxz
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America's Biggest Bomb Gets Another Upgrade To Target Iran's Nuclear Fortress (Original Post)
xchrom
May 2013
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. Yeeehaaaww!!!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)3. And yet it will still not do the job. nt
pa28
(6,145 posts)4. The upgrades will add to the $16,000,000 sticker price per bomb.