Pentagon Footage: 30,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bombs Used in Iran Strike

GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

• 🚀 The video showcases the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), a 30,000-pound bunker-buster bomb.
• 💡 This weapon represents over 15 years of development and testing, with hundreds of test shots on various models.
• 🎯 The MOP is designed to deeply bury underground before detonation, unlike surface bombs, leaving no visible impact crater.

Strike on Fordo Facility

• 💥 The footage demonstrates the use of these bombs against fortified targets, specifically mentioning strikes on Fordo.
• 🎯 All six weapons released at Fordo precisely hit their intended targets and aim points.
• ⚡ The primary damage mechanism within the target was a combination of overpressure and blast that ripped through open tunnels, destroying critical hardware.

Bomb Functionality and Assessment

• ✅ The weapons were confirmed to be built, tested, and loaded properly, and were released on speed and parameters.
• 💥 The bombs functioned as designed, meaning they exploded, confirmed through intelligence means and pilot observations.
• 🌟 Pilots described the explosion as the brightest they had ever seen, illuminating the area as if it were daylight.
• 📊 The Joint Force does not perform Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) by design; this task is handled by the intelligence community.