Bunker-buster bombs are specialised weapons designed to penetrate hardened underground targets before detonating. They are commonly used against reinforced military bunkers and nuclear sites.

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The attacks come as Washington expands its military footprint in the region, with tens of thousands of troops now deployed.

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The US reportedly carried out an airstrike on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility using bunker-buster bombs, targeting its enrichment complex as the West Asia conflict entered its fourth week.

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Duong escaped Saigon and found a home in the US, and decided to return to the nation that gave her home. Month after the 9/11 attacks, she got the chance when she became the leader of a team of US military scientists. Their team created an explosive in same family as the bunker buster. 

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The B-2 stealth bombers were deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri just after midnight and crossed the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea to reach Iran.

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The video posted by the US president on Truth Social, featured footage of B-2 bombers, dropping bunker buster bombs at different locations, set to the 1980 parody track by Vince Vance & the Valiants.

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While some initial reports suggested that even 12 bunker-buster bombs might not be enough to destroy Fordow due to its deep underground structure, the Pentagon is still assessing the extent of the impact.

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The B-2 can carry two 15-ton bunker-buster bombs, which are possessed by the US only. According to experts, bunker-buster bombs are needed to target Iran’s most heavily fortified Fordow nuclear site.

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The B-2 can carry two 15-ton bunker-buster bombs, which are possessed by America only. According to experts, bunker buster bombs are needed to target Iran’s most heavily fortified Fordow nuclear site.

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Fordow is one of Iran’s most heavily protected nuclear enrichment facilities. Built deep inside a mountain, the site is believed to stretch as far down as 90 metres (300 feet). 

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Fordow facility in Iran cannot be easily attacked as it is built inside a mountain and is a heavily guarded complex.

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The United States is expanding production of a 30,000 lb bomb designed to target nuclear facilities. Reports say the biggest non-nuclear bomb could be used to penetrate nuclear facilities deep below the Earth's surface in Iran amid the war in West Asia.

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Israel has got large 'bunker buster' bombs from the United States among tens of thousands of other weapons and weaponry as part of longtime military cooperation between the two countries.

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