Pentagon Focuses On Test Infrastructure for MOP, Next-Gen Penetrator

Pentagon-released imagery of a GBU-57 test.

A Boeing GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator in testing.

Credit: Defense Department
For the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the U.S. Air Force, devoting the time and money to build an effective bunker-buster bomb is only part of the challenge. The agency also says it is dealing with the “big challenge” of effectively building a threat-representative target to evaluate...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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