Examples of bunker buster in a Sentence
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It was later identified, by an unnamed official to thel, as showing a bunker buster bomb attack on an ammunition depot in the city.
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Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Trump shared a video on Truth Social Monday night showing a massive ammunition depot in Isfahan being hit by American bombers, an attack Hegseth confirmed involved 2,000-pound bunker busters to destroy missiles.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
One was among eight Democrats who previously opposed Iron Dome funding — not long-range missiles or bunker busters, but a defensive system that protects civilians from rocket attacks.
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Michael J. Sacks,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
Trump ordered Operation Midnight Hammer toward that war’s end, which saw strategic B-2 Spirit stealth bombers striking Iran’s main nuclear sites with powerful bunker buster bombs.
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Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Most recently, this past summer, Trump dropped 14 30,000-pound bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
In total, the planes dropped 14 of the massive bunker busters.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
The bunker buster bombs are widely viewed as the only conventional, non-nuclear weapons capable of inflicting serious damage on the Fordo nuclear facility, which is built into the side of a mountain.
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Kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,
CNBC,
22 June 2025
Soon enough, every debate becomes an existential ping-pong match, or worse, an exchange of bunker busters.
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Washington Post,
22 Oct. 2018
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Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Trump shared a video on Truth Social Monday night showing a massive ammunition depot in Isfahan being hit by American bombers, an attack Hegseth confirmed involved 2,000-pound bunker busters to destroy missiles.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
One was among eight Democrats who previously opposed Iron Dome funding — not long-range missiles or bunker busters, but a defensive system that protects civilians from rocket attacks.
—
Michael J. Sacks,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
Trump ordered Operation Midnight Hammer toward that war’s end, which saw strategic B-2 Spirit stealth bombers striking Iran’s main nuclear sites with powerful bunker buster bombs.
—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Most recently, this past summer, Trump dropped 14 30,000-pound bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
In total, the planes dropped 14 of the massive bunker busters.
—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
The bunker buster bombs are widely viewed as the only conventional, non-nuclear weapons capable of inflicting serious damage on the Fordo nuclear facility, which is built into the side of a mountain.
—
Kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,
CNBC,
22 June 2025
Soon enough, every debate becomes an existential ping-pong match, or worse, an exchange of bunker busters.
—
Washington Post,
22 Oct. 2018
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