The US Pentagon released a video showing how the 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs managed to hit Iran’s underground nuclear sites.
Ever since Iran and Israel embarked on a mutually destructive bombing strike against one another, tensions rose.
Soon, President Donald Trump decided to step in and demand a ceasefire, otherwise there would be consequences for Iran.
However, when that didn’t work and Iran also quipped back some of their own threats, the US tactically bombed its nuclear sites in a bid to make sure the nation couldn’t produce nuclear weapons.
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Essentially, they were after Iran’s stockpile of uranium, which if enriched to 90% instead of the 60% already achieved, they could make up to 10 nuclear bombs, endangering those around them.
US launched strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan after Trump threatened Iran by saying, the 'might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before', if the nation retaliated against the US in any way.
Six B-2 stealth bombers released 12 bombs on Fordow overnight, and submarines fired 30 Tomahawk missiles at the remaining two targets.
After the attack, Trump took to social media to confirm the US' attack on Iran on 21 June, claiming that three of the nation's nuclear bases were completely decimated after over 40 missiles were fired.
People quickly wondered how the bombs worked to hit one of the underground sites, and a animated video was released by a company to show people more about it - but now, the Pentagon have revealed all.
The B-2s are cost around $2 - $2.1 billion per unit, with the most advanced stealth technology which allows them to fly long range. Basically, they are the most expensive military aircraft ever built.
The Pentagon’s video shows a GBU-57 series MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) crashing into a target, which is similar to what you’d have seen in Iran when they were attacking the nuke bases.
“Unlike a normal surface bomb, you won’t see an impact crater because they’re designed to deeply bury and then function,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Caine said during a press briefing today (26 June).
“All six weapons at each vent at Fordow [uranium enrichment plant] went exactly where they were intended to go.”
Another showed at the briefing depicted an MOP hitting a target in slow motion, where it was able to slice through its exterior without detonating.
“A bomb has three effects that causes damage: blast, fragmentation and overpressure. In this case, the primary kill mechanisms in the mission space was a mix of overpressure and blast,” he added.
While the US seems pleased with the result, the world was left shocked by the US' decision.
As for the West, world leaders have long been suspicious of Iran's intentions to build weapons of mass destruction.
Even Sir Keir Starmer called the nation's programme a 'grave threat to international security' and he recently told the public to be prepared for war, sparking panic.
Britt Jones