The Weekly Debrief: Penetrating The Seemingly Implausible Israeli MOP Proposal

A GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator stored in a B-2 weapons bay.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
A widely published story last week about two U.S. lawmakers seeking to export the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) to Israel seems to have a factual hole the size of a 30,000-lb. bomb crater. Even if Congress approves the transfer, Israel ostensibly lacks the means to deliver the MOP against...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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