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Trump’s Iran options: stealth bombers, warships and a ‘bunker buster’
As tensions escalate, the US possesses a unique bomb - the Massive Ordnance Penetrator - capable of striking deeply buried targets.
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arabnews.com
What to know about bunker-buster bombs and Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility
BANGKOK: If the US decides to support Israel more directly in its attack on Iran, one option for Washington would be to provide the “bunker-buster” bombs believed necessary to…
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theguardian.com
US has no shortage of military assets if it wants to target missile launch sites in Iran
An assault to eliminate Fordow fuel enrichment plant would require more than one bomber
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telegraph.co.uk
One US bomb could destroy Iran’s nuclear sites. Israel may not need it
Only Trump can call on the 30,000lb ‘Mop’ bomb – but the IDF has other options
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scmp.com
Trump’s Iran options: stealth bombers, warships and a ‘bunker buster’
As tensions escalate, the US possesses a unique bomb - the Massive Ordnance Penetrator - capable of striking deeply buried targets.
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Use of US bunker-buster bomb looms over Iran conflict
WASHINGTON: A powerful American bunker-busting bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying Iran’s deeply buried nuclear facilities, making it President Donald Trump’s weapon of…
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thetimes.com
How US military could destroy Iran’s Fordow nuclear site
The ‘Mop’ bomb is capable of penetrating the mountain that houses Tehran’s fortified facility, analysts say
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cnbc.com
Stealth aircraft and 30,000-pound bombs: Why destroying Iran's nuclear program is a such a difficult feat
Iran's most advanced and hardened nuclear facility, the Fordow plant in the country's northwest, is a fortress.
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Target: Iran. US forces are ready to deliver the second heaviest bunker buster ever made
America once had one that was even bigger
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haaretz.com
Jets, warships and bunker-busters: U.S. bolsters Mideast presence to counter Iran
Trump warned Iran that his patience is 'wearing thin' as U.S. officials weigh deeper military involvement, including the use of a 30,000-pound bomb that only American B-2 bombers…
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economist.com
How do America’s huge bunker-busting bombs work?
The Massive Ordnance Penetrator may struggle to wipe out the deepest nuclear facilities
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npr.org
The U.S. could use 'bunker buster' bombs in Iran. Here's what to know about them
Iran's most fortified nuclear facility, called Fordo, is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — often referred to as "bunker busters" — capable…
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ft.com
Donald Trump edges closer to Iran strike as military assets move into position
President hints at action within days as US readies forces capable of striking underground Fordow nuclear facility
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Trump caution on Iran strike linked to doubts over ‘bunker buster’ bomb, officials say
Exclusive: the likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is a topic of deep contention, defense officials say
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aljazeera.com
Why Israel wants US bunker busters to hit Iran’s Fordow nuclear site
The United States’s B-2 stealth bomber is currently the only aircraft designed to deploy the GBU-57 bunker buster bombs.
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dailymail.co.uk
The personal vendetta driving Trump to deliver fatal blow against Iran
For Trump, it's personal as well as political. The gun is locked and loaded. His finger is on the trigger. All Donald Trump has to decide now is when to pull it - and destroy Iran…
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Trump news at a glance: President mulls whether ‘bunker busters’ can destroy Iranian nuclear site
Trump has signalled that he wants two weeks to decide whether or not to strike Iran – key US politics stories from 19 June
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nytimes.com
As U.S. Considers Using Bunker-Buster Bombs, Here’s What It Takes to Hit Iran’s Deepest Nuclear Site
President Trump says he’s considering attacking Iran’s underground nuclear site. Here’s what that might look like.