Maham Javaid

6 days ago | thewest.com.au | Alex Horton |Maham Javaid |Warren Strobel

In the event the United States enters the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, a likely focus will be on degrading or destroying Tehran’s underground facilities that enrich nuclear material. That task would most likely fall to a small number of Air Force strategic bombers that are capable of delivering 30,000-pound precision-guided bombs designed to destroy subterranean targets. This bomb, the GBU-57, is better known as a “bunker buster” or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Alex Horton |Maham Javaid

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri in 2023. Photo / Whiteman Air Force Base, US Air ForceIn the event that the United States enters the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, a likely focus will be on degrading or destroying Tehran’s underground facilities that enrich nuclear material.

1 week ago | torontosun.com | Alex Horton |Maham Javaid |Warren Strobel

This bomb, the GBU-57, is better known as a “bunker buster” or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Why is the MOP the right tool for the job? It’s in the name. The MOP is designed for deeply buried and fortified facilities, such as bunkers and tunnels. Its design, sheer weight and steel alloy construction allow it to burrow underground and then explode, according to the Air Force. Though the heaviest conventional weapon in the U.S. arsenal, it is not designed to saturate explosives over a wide area.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Alex Horton |Maham Javaid |Warren Strobel

What is the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the U.S. bunker-busting bomb? (washingtonpost.com) What is the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the U.S. bunker-busting bomb? By Alex Horton; Maham Javaid; Warren P. Strobel 2025061723223400 In the event the United States enters the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, a likely focus will be on degrading or destroying Tehran's underground facilities that enrich nuclear material.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Maham Javaid

Air India passenger joins short list of unlikely crash survivors  (washingtonpost.com) Air India passenger joins short list of unlikely crash survivors  By Maham Javaid 2025061418050800 In a video circulated on social media, the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171 appears to limp away from the crash site, passing emergency workers and onlookers. "The plane exploded," he repeats, gesturing backward.