U.S. Stealth Drone Helped Test Huge Bomb

RQ-170 Sentinel drone. Air Force photo

Nov 7 Joseph Trevithick - War Is Boring

Mock attack could point to future Middle East strikes

Two years ago, the U.S. Air Force brought the stealthy RQ-170 drone and the Massive Ordnance Penetrator—two of America’s most secretive weapons—together for a single test.

The Pentagon denies that it’s aiming the huge MOP bomb—which can punch deep into the ground to destroy underground bunkers—at any specific targets. But the experimental pairing from 2012 could have been a sort of rehearsal for potential strikes in the Middle East.

Read more