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As the latest satellite images appear to confirm, being struck with more than a dozen bunker buster bombs will have seriously impeded, if not destroyed, Iran’s nuclear program.
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Six bunker buster bombs were reportedly dropped on Fordow, while more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles were launched at the other two sites.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 23 June 2025
What to know about ‘bunker buster’ bombs in US strikes on Iran.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Fusing for bunker busters is extremely challenging.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Previous damage Previous damage New hole, likely from a bunker buster
Credit: Satellite images ©2025 Maxar Technologies.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 22 June 2025
In the attack on Fordo, Caine said the first B-2 dropped two of the bunker busters on the facility.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Experts have suggested that the U.S.'s 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb is the only weapon that can destroy Iran's underground Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Because Israel lacks the bunker busters and bombers needed to finish the job themselves.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Six bunker buster bombs were reportedly dropped on Fordow, while more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles were launched at the other two sites.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 23 June 2025
What to know about ‘bunker buster’ bombs in US strikes on Iran.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Fusing for bunker busters is extremely challenging.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Previous damage Previous damage New hole, likely from a bunker buster
Credit: Satellite images ©2025 Maxar Technologies.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 22 June 2025
In the attack on Fordo, Caine said the first B-2 dropped two of the bunker busters on the facility.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Experts have suggested that the U.S.'s 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb is the only weapon that can destroy Iran's underground Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Because Israel lacks the bunker busters and bombers needed to finish the job themselves.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
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“Bunker buster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunker%20buster. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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