The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the intergovernmental body that assesses compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, was barred from going within about 40 miles of the affected ...

Despite the precision and scale of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran’s regime is likely to rebuild, intensify proxy warfare, and remain committed to its long-term atomic ambitions.

Bunker buster bombs can go to varying depths depending on the model, from just under 2 feet with the BLU-109 to over 200 feet ...

A GBU-57 series Massive Ordnance Penetrator is seen crashing into a target. Picture: Department of Defense The 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs demolish fortified targets deep underground.

When the analysts realized they did not have a weapon to strike Fordo if needed, Caine said they teamed up with industry in a top-secret effort to build the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or GBU-57 ...

It was the first known operational deployment of the GBU-57 “Massive Ordnance Penetrator” (MOP) bomb, more commonly called the “bunker buster.” ...

At least one woman served as a B-2 bomber pilot during the mission, that official said. Another official confirmed women were on a guided missile submarine crew that launched more than two dozen ...

This comes after the US developed the GBU-57, also known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which was designed to destroy bunkers that other weapons could not reach.

The US's "massive precision strikes" on three Iranian nuclear facilities unleashed the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bomb for the first time in combat.

A 15-ton “bunker buster” bomb was likely needed to destroy the last untouched nuclear facility in Iran, and only the US had one.