Israel's best chance at destroying the facility at Fordo could lie with a U.S.-produced bomb that's so heavy that it can only be dropped by a U.S. plane.

Update: President Trump announced the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordo, on Saturday, June 21. Read the latest here. Iran has two known underground nuclear ...

In inserting itself into Israel’s war against Iran, Washington unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant.

… that might be capable of destroying Fordo, Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment facility. Only the United States has the bomber … B-2 BOMBER Iran built its most critical nuclear ...

In inserting itself into Israel’s war against Iran, Washington unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant.

But the progress made at Fordo even at that stage, before the U.S.-brokered nuclear deal with Iran brought United Nations inspectors into the country, and since Mr. Trump pulled the U.S. out of ...

Bombing Iran's underground Fordo nuclear plant not guaranteed effective. An expert said Thursday just how deep it is inside a mountain isn't fully known. By Ivan Pereira. June 21, 2025, 10:04 PM.

Fordo enrichment facility Iran’s nuclear facility at Fordo is located some 100 kilometers southwest of Tehran. It also hosts centrifuge cascades, but isn’t as big as Natanz.

Nobody, perhaps not even President Trump himself, knows for sure whether the United States will wind up joining Israel in launching military strikes on Iran. “I may do it, I may not do it,” he ...

President Trump announced the U.S. bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, marking official U.S. entry into the war. The bombing targeted Fordo, a key underground nuclear facility, and two other sites ...

In inserting itself into Israel’s war against Iran, Washington unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant.