Israeliska flygvapenattacker mot Iran och Irans motattacker (startade 2025-06-13)

Fordow May Be Too Deep for Anything but a Nuke

Trump told defense officials the U.S. should only strike Iran if the “bunker buster” bomb could definitively destroy the Fordow uranium enrichment site.

The effectiveness of the GBU-57 bunker-buster has been a source of ongoing debate at the Pentagon since the start of Trump’s presidency. Only a tactical nuclear weapon might be capable of destroying Iran’s deeply buried Fordow enrichment facility, according to officials.

Trump is not considering the use of a tactical nuclear weapon on Fordow, and the option was not presented during Situation Room meetings.

Defense officials were also told that completely destroying Fordow—which Israeli intelligence estimates to be buried as deep as 300 feet—would likely require first softening the ground with conventional bombs, followed by a tactical nuclear strike delivered by a B-2 bomber.