Much of the world learned of the existence of so-called "bunker busters" when the United States bombed targets in Iran in June 2025. Yet this type of ordnance has actually been around since World War ...

The US Air Force is at work on a successor to the huge 30,000-pound bunker-buster bomb used to strike Iran's nuclear facilities earlier this year. The service awarded a contract to design and ...

“Iran has killed scores of Americans, including our service members, and repeatedly attacked our key democratic ally, Israel,” Gottheimer said in a statement. “Israel must be able to defend herself ...

The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general ...

The bipartisan bill gives Trump the power to give Israel the power to protect itself against "all contingencies if Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon." Legislators have proposed a bill authorizing ...

WASHINGTON — After the United States dropped 14 “bunker buster” bombs on two nuclear sites in Iran, Anh Duong looked up the weapon’s technical details and felt a rush of familiarity. Duong, 65, is a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is staring down the possibility of seeing its most important nuclear facilities hit by a 30,000-pound American bomb. White House officials told NBC News this week ...

The US Air Force has awarded a contract for the design of a next-generation bunker-buster bomb. The bomb will eventually replace the 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. The MOP ...