Hence the bigger bomb, with up to 1,500 pounds of explosives. To be clear, Russia already had a 3,300-pound glide-bomb: the older UPAB-1500 with built-in wings. But the UPAB-1500 is expensive.

The US Air Force says the GBU-57 bunker-buster bomb can penetrate up to 200 feet below ground before exploding.

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a precision guided bunker-busting bomb designed to be carried by a B-2 Stealth Bomber, could be the key in taking out Iran’s Fordow enrichment plant.

Video appears to capture the first use of Russia's monstrous 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine and the immense destruction it causes. ... like the 1,100-pound FAB-500 and 3,300-pound FAB-1500.

Ukraine employed since 2023 the 500 lb JDAM-ER, whose existence was well documented, while the new 1,000 lb bomb might have been specifically produced for the Ukrainian Air Force.

Large craters and a bomb fragment from an Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people early Tuesday provide strong evidence that Israel used 2,000-pound bombs, according to three weapons experts.