Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

Specially for Iran's buried sites.

Specifications Weight, total 13,600 kg [30,000 lb]

Weight, explosive 2,700 kg [6,000 lb]

Length 6 m [20 feet]

Diameter ??

Control short-span wings and trellis-type tail

Penetration
60 meters [200 feet] through 5,000 psi reinforced concrete
40 meters [125 feet] through moderately hard rock
8 meters [25 feet] through 10,000 psi reinforced concrete


Platforms B-52, B-2

Guidance GPS aided INS

Schedule

2005 - Refine MOP concept and begin detailed weapon development and testing

2005 - statically emplaced Proof-of Principle test of payload effectiveness

2006 - static lethality demonstration against hard and deeply buried targets

2006 - scaled penetration and lethality testing

2007 - Conduct Massive Ordnance Penetrator Demonstration

2007 - full-scale performance demonstration against realistic hard and deeply buried targets

IRAN??

While complete physical destruction may be desired, for some hard and deeply buried targets this effect isn't practicable with current weapons and employment techniques. It may be possible, however, to deny or disrupt the mission or function of a facility.

Functional defeat is facilitated through better data collection and intelligence preparation against the potential targets. The defeat process includes finding and identifying a facility, characterizing its function and physical layout, determining its vulnerabilities to available weapons, planning an attack, applying force, assessing damage, and, if necessary, suppressing reconstitution efforts and re-striking the facility.

New more lethal defeat options for Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs) like the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, that can overwhelm target characterization uncertainties, are being developed and demonstrated to provide a 10x increase in weapon lethality and improved penetration capability compared to inventory weapons.