{"id":16945,"date":"2025-06-26T18:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16945\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T18:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:18:15","slug":"jaw-dropping-footage-released-showing-how-30000-pound-bunker-buster-bombs-work-like-the-ones-used-in-historic-iran-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16945\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaw-dropping footage released showing how 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs work like the ones used in historic Iran strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pentagon released stunning footage Thursday showcasing exactly how 30,000-pound heavy-duty bunker-buster bombs<\/a> work such as the ones used against Iran\u2019s nuclear sites demolished fortified targets deep underground.<\/p>\n

The video showed a GBU-57 series MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) crashing into a target<\/a> and kicking up a massive plume of dust moments before a blinding inferno appeared in a shaft during a test detonation.<\/p>\n

Pilots who dropped the MOPs on Iran called the blast \u201cthe brightest explosion\u201d they ever saw, saying, \u201cit literally looked like daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike a normal surface bomb, you won\u2019t see an impact crater because they\u2019re designed to deeply bury and then function,\u201d Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Caine explained to reporters during a press briefing Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A GBU-57 series Massive Ordnance Penetrator is seen crashing into a target, unleashing a bright inferno. Department of Defense<\/p>\n

The 30,000-pound heavy-duty bunker-buster bombs demolish fortified targets deep underground. Department of Defense<\/p>\n

An illustration of the military operation Iran and the B-2 Bombers and submarine bombs attacking nuclear sites. Tam Nguyen \/ NYPost Design<\/p>\n

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit lands after supporting Operation Midnight Hammer at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. 509th Bomb Wing\/USAF \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

\u201cAll six weapons at each vent at Fordow [uranium enrichment plant] went exactly where they were intended to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bunker buster bombs do not leave craters like traditional bombs do, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Department of Defense<\/p>\n

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine speak during a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Another angle displayed during the briefing showed an MOP hitting a target in slow motion and cutting through the arched interior of a second ventilation shaft without detonating as it moved its way deeper through the test facility. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A poster of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant is displayed as Caine and Hegseth hold a news conference at the Pentagon. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A GBU-57 bomb is seen impacting a target. Department of Defense<\/p>\n

\u201cA bomb has three effects that causes damage: blast, fragmentation and overpressure,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn this case, the primary kill mechanisms in the mission space was a mix of overpressure and blast.\u201d<\/p>\n

An Air Force B-2 Spirit is prepared for operations ahead of Operation Midnight Hammer. 509th Bomb Wing\/USAF \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

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\u201cImagine what this looks like six times over.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pentagon released stunning footage Thursday showcasing exactly how 30,000-pound heavy-duty bunker-buster bombs work such as the ones…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[396,83,99,71,50,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-16945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bombings","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-israel-iran-conflict","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114751045848870356","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}