On February 24, the U.S. Department of War announced it had signed a contract with Boeing for the production and delivery of a new batch of GBU-57 MOP guided bombs.
Operation Midnight Hammer, conducted on 22 June 2025, involved around 125 U.S. military aircraft and a guided-missile submarine targeting Iran’s nuclear sites.
In June, the United States carried out a historic military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, deploying B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and the powerful GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs.
First combat use of GBU-57 and largest B-2 Spirit mission in Operation Midnight Hammer Read More »
In a mission described as “historically successful”, the United States has destroyed a key Iranian nuclear facility in a precision strike 15 years in the making.
The United States has used GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs in combat for the first time during an airstrike on Iranian nuclear sites.
