BLU-82 Daisy Cutter vs GBU-57 MOP
| American 6,800 kg blast bomb used from 1970 to 2008, originally designed for helicopter landing zones in Vietnam and later deployed in Afghanistan. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Conventional Bomb |
| Manufacturer | -- |
| Service year | 1970 |
| Number produced | 225 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| The GBU-57 MOP, a U.S. munition introduced in 2011, is a 30,000-pound bomb designed to destroy hardened, deeply buried targets. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Precision-guided munition bunker buster bomb |
| Manufacturer | Boeing |
| Service year | 2011 |
| Number produced | 20 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Weight | 6,800 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 5700.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 3.60 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 1422 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Ground radar or on-board navigation |
| Warhead type | GSX slurry |
| Weight | 14,000 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 2423.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 6.25 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 800 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | GPS/INS |
| Warhead type | High-explosive |
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