Iran, Israel and Fordo
Digest more
The US may consider supplying Israel with bunker-buster bombs to target Iran's Fordo nuclear facility. These bombs, capable of penetrating deep into mountains, could significantly damage the site. However,
Only the U.S. military has the 30,000-pound bomb capable of reaching the facility and the bomber that can carry it.
President Trump is back at the White House on Tuesday after leaving the G7 summit in Canada a day early to deal with Israel-Iran war. The big decision for Trump may be whether to use
In the span of about eight hours, President Donald Trump went from suggesting a nuclear deal with Iran remained “achievable” to urging Tehran’s 9.5 million residents to flee for their lives
President Trump returned to Washington on Tuesday to deal with the war between Iran and Israel, as the two sides exchanged deadly fire for a fifth day and Israeli officials pressed the United States to join its military campaign against Tehran.
Explore more
Israel's ability to neutralize Iran's fortified Fordo nuclear facility is constrained by its lack of bunker-busting capabilities. The US-controlled GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator is the only weapon capable of breaching Fordo's defenses.
Fordo is Iran's extremely fortified underground nuclear facility, built inside a mountain to protect it from air attacks. It plays a key role in enriching uranium, which, according to the IAEA, has reached a level of 83.7% in 2023 - almost the threshold for nuclear weapons.
The US could help Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo, south of Tehran, with their largest bunker buster bombs fired by B-2 stealth bombers. Buried an estimated 250-ft below a mountain and protected by anti-aircraft batteries, the core of Iran’s nuclear capability lies at Fordo.