It was spring of 2017, and the fighting in Afghanistan was brutal and incessant. Over 40 nations, along with global institutions like NATO and the Arab League, had joined forces to fight the threat of ...

This undated photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast weapon, the U.S. military's largest non-nuclear bomb, which contains 11 tons of explosives. The ...

AFGHANISTAN (WABC) -- A Department of Defense video released Friday shows the moment the United States bombed Afghanistan with the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in its arsenal. The GBU-43/B Massive ...

The Department of Defense on Friday released video of the bomb dropped by the U.S. on Thursday, nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs," on Afghanistan. The 22,000-pound GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air ...

This may eliminate the U.S. ability to deliver the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (GBU-57/B or MOP) which is by far the most effective U.S. conventional weapon against hard and very deeply buried targets ...

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, 2023. (U.S. Air Force via AP) The U.S. Air Force last week awarded defense firm Applied Research ...

Details about the future NGP are limited, but current speculation suggests it could be roughly similar in size to the 30,000-pound “Massive Ordnance Penetrator.” The United States Air Force used its ...