B-2 Bombers Capable Of Carrying An Anti-bunker Bomb Took Off From An Air Base In Missouri
- 21.06.2025, 14:12
Three to eight such bombs are enough to completely disable the Fordow facility in Iran.
Two to four B-2 bombers, capable of carrying an anti-bunker bomb, took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri in a westerly direction. They are escorted by four refueling planes.
The story was reported Saturday, June 21, by the HaAretz website. Only with the bomb these bombers are capable of carrying is there any hope of destroying the underground nuclear facility at Fordow, which plays a key role in Iran's atomic bomb project.
The fact that the bombers flew westward rather than eastward indicates that an airbase on the island of Guam in the Pacific is likely to be their final destination. It is not yet clear whether the bombers will be relocated from this base to the Diego Garcia base, which is located 3500 kilometers from Iran, and from which it is already possible to attack Iran.
Reminder, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant wrote an article in which he tried to prove that Israel alone, without U.S. help will not be able to bomb the Fordow nuclear facility.
"The Fordo facility is built in the mountains surrounding Qom, buried some 90 meters beneath limestone and protected by additional layers of reinforced concrete and other reinforcing structures that increase its ability to withstand intense air attack," Galant wrote. - Only one air force in the world is capable of destroying Fordow: the U.S. Air Force," Gallant and Fergusson wrote. - The U.S. specifically designed and built the GBU-57A/B anti-bunker bomb for this purpose."
The anti-bunker bomb weighs about 13 tons and is about six meters long. Its warhead contains about 2.4 tons of explosives. The bomb is wrapped in a hard steel alloy and is launched from a great height. As it falls, it accelerates to speeds of Mach 2-3, penetrates the target and pierces layers of defense before exploding. Three to eight such bombs would be enough to completely disable a Fordow facility.