Weapons

The World’s Most Powerful Conventional Bomb

There are a range of candidates and the most powerful can penetrate 200 feet before destroying a bunker

James Marinero, MSc, MBA
6 min readApr 17, 2024

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Weapons The World’s Most Powerful Conventional Bomb Its 14 tons can punch 200 feet into bunkers
US GBU-57A/B MOP bomb. US DoD Public Domain

The question

A question came up on Twitter during my research into another story. Precisely, the question asked by a physicist was:

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James Marinero, MSc, MBA
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