Meaning of bunker buster | Babel Free

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A bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.

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“B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have⟳ highlighted as the only type⟳ of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry⟳ two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh⟳ an impressive 30,000 pounds each.”

“The bombs used in the strikes were GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators, known as a “bunker busters,” two sources familiar with the operation said.”

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