As President Donald Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, officials and experts have suggested the US’ 30,000-pound “bunker buster” bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying the Fordow Fuel Enrichment plant,

President Trump has expressed concerns over the effectiveness of the GBU-57 bomb against Iran's Fordow facility. Despite Pentagon assurances, he is hesitant to authorize strikes, preferring to see if military threats encourage negotiations with Iran.