Congress 'Urgently' Approves $82 Million To Improve Its Biggest Bunker-Buster
The Massive Ordnance Penetrator is the biggest bomb in the U.S. arsenal, capable of plunging through 60 feet of reinforced concrete and detonating 200 feet underground.
It's the perfect weapon for, say, targeting underground nuclear labs that might be hidden from the prying eyes of IAEA inspectors, but not immune to the technological prowess of U.S. satellites.
A lab like the one nestled in the Iranian mountains near the city of Qom called the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. The lab is buried so deep within Iranian bedrock that it's thought the MOP bomb won't be able to dig in and destroy it, should it ever be expected to try.
Talk of beefing the bomb up with a hardened case and further advancements has been ongoing since the Air Force took delivery; and Tony Capaccio at Bloomberg reports the Pentagon has indeed given approval to immediately shift $81.6 million to improve America's largest bunker-buster.
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