US EditionHow the US Used Its Bunker-Buster Bombs at Iranian Nuclear Sites
- Over a recent weekend, fourteen GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs were deployed by B-2 stealth bombers targeting Iran's underground nuclear sites at Fordow and Natanz.
- The strikes followed over 15 years of US intelligence and weapons development after discovering the heavily fortified Fordow site, which Iran had tried to protect by covering ventilation shafts with concrete.
- The massive 30,000-pound bombs were specially designed to burrow into hardened bunkers and detonate using a fuse programmed for blast and overpressure effects, as confirmed by General Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- Pilots described the resulting explosions as the brightest they had ever seen, likening the light to daylight, while satellite images revealed six penetrations into the mountain above Fordow.
- The Pentagon stated the operation succeeded as planned, heavily damaging Iran's nuclear facilities and signaling US forces remain ready to defend against further threats in the region.
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How the US Used Its Bunker-buster Bombs at Iranian Nuclear Sites
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The deep penetrating bombs that the US dropped into two Iranian nuclear facilities were designed specifically for those sites and were the result of more than 15 years of intelligence and weapons design work, the Pentagon's top leaders said Thursday. World News | How the US Used Its Bunker-buster Bombs at Iranian Nuclear Sites.
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The GBU-57 bunker-buster bomb approaches its target during a test.Department of Defense/ScreengrabUS Air Force B-2 stealth aircraft dropped 14 heavy bunker-buster bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities.A top US general on Wednesday offered a discussion of the development of the GBU-57.The bomb, known as the MOP, was developed for targets like the Fordow uranium enrichment site.The massive 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs dropped on Iran's nuclear fa…
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