US Considering Using ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Against Iran, CNN Sources Say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
US officials said the largest non-nuclear bomb could be used in a broader escalation as Trump weighs a strike plan.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. military is considering using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb against Iran, while explicitly ruling out nuclear weapons.
- The seven-month conflict aims to prevent Iran from accessing nuclear weapons, with officials monitoring uranium enriched to up to 60pc, a short step from weapons-grade levels.
- Trump told Newsmax he may target the so-called Pickaxe Mountain, as military planners developed strike packages for energy infrastructure and nuclear sites, describing the MOAB as "an extremely large bomb."
- Brent crude rose to $106 per barrel on Friday, while Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a presidential palace in Aden on Thursday, killing two guards in the escalating regional conflict.
- President Trump stated on Oct. 8 that the U.S. would not carry out new strikes before the Nov. 3 mid-term elections, leaving negotiations with Tehran in unclear status.
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US considering using ‘mother of all bombs’ against Iran, CNN sources say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
(CNN) — The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to target Iranian energy infrastructure...
Bomb weighs almost 10 tons, is guided by GPS and has already been used by Americans in an operation against the Islamic State in Afghanistan in 2017.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that from Washington they do not rule out the use of the GBU-43/B bomb against Iran and assured that the war “will end very soon, in one way or another.” In the midst of a lack of diplomatic understanding between the two nuclear powers to put an end to ... Continue reading “Trump opens up to use ‘the mother of all bombs’ against Iran: ‘It will end soon, one way or another’”
US Weighs Dropping 'Mother Of All Bombs' On Iran: Report
The weapon has never been used against Iran. Its deployment would mark a significant escalation in the conflict, although questions remain over whether it could deliver the strategic gains Washington is seeking.
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