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60m를 관통할 수 있는 13톤급 거대관통탄 B 2에 장착

Summary: 60m를 관통할 수 있는 13톤급 거대관통탄 B 2에 장착 30 000파운드급 Massive Ordnance Penetrator모의탄을 미공군 스텔스 전략폭격기 B 2 의 훈련용 폭탄창에 장착한 모습입니다 지난 18일 Whitman 공군기지에서 있었던 이 훈련에 사용된 MOP는 길이 20 5 feet 직경 31 5 inch에 중량은30 000 pounds으로 5 300 pounds의 폭팔물질을 탑재하여 기존의 BLU 109보다 10배이상의 폭팔력을 가지고 있어 200 feet까지 관통력을 발휘할 수 있습니다 마지막 사진은 지난 3월 14일 뉴멕시코 White Sands Missile Range에서 Massive Ordnance Penetrator를 개발한 보잉사가 통상탄두를 시험중인 장면입니다 Specifications Weight total 13 600 kg slightly less than 30 000 pounds Weight explosive 2 700 kg 6 000 lb over 5 300 pounds Length 6 m 20 5 feet long Diameter 31 5 inch diameter Control short span wings and trellis type tail Penetration 60 meters 200 feet through 5 000 psi reinforced concrete40 meters 125 feet through moderately hard rock8 meters 25 feet through 10 000 psi reinforced concrete Contractors Boeing Northrop Grumman Sponsors Air Force Research Laboratory s Munitions DirectorateDefense Threat Reduction Agency 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 WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE Mo History in the Making Air power was taken to a new level when a team of weapons specialists loaded a 20 foot mock bomb into the bomb bay of a simulated aircraft here Dec 18 This wasn t just any fake bomb or aircraft The bomb was a 700 pound mock up of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator a 30 000 pound bomb that has yet to enter production The aircraft was a mock up of the world s premier bomber the B 2 Many of the weapon specialists involved in the fit test on the B 2 replica used for weapons training said they were amazed by the sheer size of the bomb I couldn t help but notice how enormous the bomb was hanging in the weapons bay said weapons loader Tech Sgt Jason Hermann 509th Maintenance Group It looked much larger once we had loaded it into the weapons bay than when it was on the loading adapter The bombThe MOP is approximately 20 5 feet long with a 31 5 inch diameter and a total weight of slightly less than 30 000 pounds The weapon will carry over 5 300 pounds of explosive material and will deliver more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor the BLU 109 It is designed to penetrate up to 200 feet underground before exploding The bomb s development started in 2004 when the Air Force executed a contract with Boeing for the Pentagon s Defense Threat Reduction Agency an agency that safeguards America and its allies from weapons of mass destruction by providing capabilities to reduce eliminate and counter the threat The weapon is guided by Global Positioning System navigation Its cropped wings improve agility and storable grid fin controls facilitate internal carriage This awesome weapon reeks of strategic deterrence said Col Bob Dulong 509th MXG commander America s enemies will know the destructive power of this weapon in our arsenal and they should modify their behavior lest they learn of this weapon from first hand experience The delivery system The B 2 Spirit is a multi role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons Its low observable characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy s most sophisticated defenses and strike its most valued and heavily defended targets without the enemy detecting its presence The B 2 is air power at its purest most elegant and deadliest form said Col Garrett Harencak 509th Bomb Wing commander It is an aircraft that cannot be denied access with its range payload precision and stealthiness it has everything that is required to hold at risk any of America s enemies anywhere anytime and we can do it from right here in Knob Noster or at a forward deployed location A lethal combo Northrop Grumman started integrating the MOP to this elite bomber in July 2007 The B 2 will be able to carry two MOPs one in each bay which will be mounted to the existing forward and aft mounting hardware currently in the B 2 Even smart bombs paired up with the world s greatest strike platform are useless without smart people fortunately for America we have them in abundance here at Whiteman Colonel Harencak said Here at the world s only B 2 wing we prepare every day to hunt down and destroy America s enemies Matching the B 2 with the MOP makes for a lethal combo Colonel Harencak said The B 2 is the world s greatest strike aircraft because what you can t see you can t hit and if you can t hit it you can t stop it and if you can t stop it that means there is no sanctuary for America s enemies anywhere on this globe 60m를 관통할 수 있는 13톤급 거대관통탄 B 2에 장착 30 000파운드급 Massive Ordnance Penetrator모의탄을 미공군 스텔스 전략폭격기 B 2 의 훈련용 폭탄창에 장착한 모습입니다 지난 18일 Whitman 공군기지에서 있었던 이 훈련에 사용된 MOP는 길이 20 5 feet 직경 31 5 inch에 중량은30 000 pounds으로 5 300 pounds의 폭팔물질을 탑재하여 기존의 BLU 109보다 10배이상의 폭팔력을 가지고 있어 200 feet까지 관통력을 발휘할 수 있습니다 마지막 사진은 지난 3월 14일 뉴멕시코 White Sands Missile Range에서 Massive Ordnance Penetrator를 개발한 보잉사가 통상탄두를 시험중인 장면입니다 Specifications Weight total 13 600 kg slightly less than 30 000 pounds Weight explosive 2 700 kg 6 000 lb over 5 300 pounds Length 6 m 20 5 feet long Diameter 31 5 inch diameter Control short span wings and trellis type tail Penetration 60 meters 200 feet through 5 000 psi reinforced concrete40 meters 125 feet through moderately hard rock8 meters 25 feet through 10 000 psi reinforced concrete Contractors Boeing Northrop Grumman Sponsors Air Force Research Laboratory s Munitions DirectorateDefense Threat Reduction Agency 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 WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE Mo History in the Making Air power was taken to a new level when a team of weapons specialists loaded a 20 foot mock bomb into the bomb bay of a simulated aircraft here Dec 18 This wasn t just any fake bomb or aircraft The bomb was a 700 pound mock up of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator a 30 000 pound bomb that has yet to enter production The aircraft was a mock up of the world s premier bomber the B 2 Many of the weapon specialists involved in the fit test on the B 2 replica used for weapons training said they were amazed by the sheer size of the bomb I couldn t help but notice how enormous the bomb was hanging in the weapons bay said weapons loader Tech Sgt Jason Hermann 509th Maintenance Group It looked much larger once we had loaded it into the weapons bay than when it was on the loading adapter The bombThe MOP is approximately 20 5 feet long with a 31 5 inch diameter and a total weight of slightly less than 30 000 pounds The weapon will carry over 5 300 pounds of explosive material and will deliver more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor the BLU 109 It is designed to penetrate up to 200 feet underground before exploding The bomb s development started in 2004 when the Air Force executed a contract with Boeing for the Pentagon s Defense Threat Reduction Agency an agency that safeguards America and its allies from weapons of mass destruction by providing capabilities to reduce eliminate and counter the threat The weapon is guided by Global Positioning System navigation Its cropped wings improve agility and storable grid fin controls facilitate internal carriage This awesome weapon reeks of strategic deterrence said Col Bob Dulong 509th MXG commander America s enemies will know the destructive power of this weapon in our arsenal and they should modify their behavior lest they learn of this weapon from first hand experience The delivery system The B 2 Spirit is a multi role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons Its low observable characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy s most sophisticated defenses and strike its most valued and heavily defended targets without the enemy detecting its presence The B 2 is air power at its purest most elegant and deadliest form said Col Garrett Harencak 509th Bomb Wing commander It is an aircraft that cannot be denied access with its range payload precision and stealthiness it has everything that is required to hold at risk any of America s enemies anywhere anytime and we can do it from right here in Knob Noster or at a forward deployed location A lethal combo Northrop Grumman started integrating the MOP to this elite bomber in July 2007 The B 2 will be able to carry two MOPs one in each bay which will be mounted to the existing forward and aft mounting hardware currently in the B 2 Even smart bombs paired up with the world s greatest strike platform are useless without smart people fortunately for America we have them in abundance here at Whiteman Colonel Harencak said Here at the world s only B 2 wing we prepare every day to hunt down and destroy America s enemies Matching the B 2 with the MOP makes for a lethal combo Colonel Harencak said The B 2 is the world s greatest strike aircraft because what you can t see you can t hit and if you can t hit it you can t stop it and if you can t stop it that means there is no sanctuary for America s enemies anywhere on this globe

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