Trump weighs ‘mother of all bombs’ strike on Iran’s nuclear and energy sites: What is it?
The proposed targets include energy infrastructure and nuclear sites such as Pickaxe Mountain, where the US and Israel believe Iran has stored components of its nuclear programme.
US President Donald Trump is considering using the "mother of all bombs," a massive non-nuclear ordnance weapon, in potential strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure, according to multiple US officials cited by CNN. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US military's arsenal, was first deployed during the Iraq War and used in combat in Afghanistan in 2017.
According to CNN, the bomb's destructive reach covers an area equivalent to approximately nine city blocks. However, some military officials question whether the bomb could penetrate deeply enough to destroy highly fortified underground nuclear facilities. The potential deployment of the MOAB presents a distinction between its dramatic destructive power and its ability to achieve Trump's stated objective of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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