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Pentagon Hastens Bunker Buster Development

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Monday, August 10th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic The Defense Department could field an air-dropped massive ordnance penetrator (MOP) by July 2010, the Air Force said last week. The 30,000-pound MOP is designed to strike deeply buried, concrete-encased bunkers like those Iran is suspected to have. In order to speed the effort, the administration last month asked for a $68 million funding shift to the program. The congressional defense committees are considering the request. Since 2004, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in combination with…

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