Tag #Bunker Buster

What military capabilities are required to eliminate the Fordow nuclear facility, and how do the resources of the U.S. and Israel compare in this regard?

The Fordow nuclear facility in Iran, deeply buried underground, is considered by many military analysts to be only destroyable by the U.S.-developed GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP). Israel, lacking this munition, could potentially use multiple 5,000-pound bunker busters, but this may achieve only limited success, delaying rather than eliminating the threat. The facility's depth and the surrounding rocky mountainside present significant challenges for any attack.