By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 12:00 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 02:40 EST, 30 July 2012 The Pentagon has announced that the biggest conventional bomb ever made is ready just as revelations that Iran is working on a secret nuclear weapon in bunkers, the bomb's perfect target. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is designed to destroy huge underground targets and at 30,000 pounds and more than 20 feet long, it is six times the weight of the previous ‘bunker-busting’ weapons. The announcement of the Pentagon’s $330 million spend on MOPs comes less than a week after a UN agency warned of Iran’s secret nuclear weapon plans.
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The Massive Ordnance Penetrator is the biggest conventional bomb ever made
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The Pentagon has spent $330 million on the weapon
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The bomb is designed to destroy underground targets and can blast through up to 200 feet of concrete
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The announcement comes as revelations that Iran is working on a secret nuclear weapon in an underground bunker
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Target @placeholder: Unnamed officials claim the bomb has been designed to disable Iranian nuclear facilities but the Pentagon denies there's specific targets
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