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The one ‘bunker buster’ bomb that could be used to hit Iran’s secretive Fordow enrichment plant
Buried deep beneath a mountain, Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment plant is out of reach of much of Israel's weaponry. What are the bunker buster bombs Israel could use to try and breach it?
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File picture of a GBU-28 bunker buster bomb being released by an American warplane. Pic: Reuters
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A GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri. in 2023. File pic: US Air Force via AP
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A B-2 stealth bomber flies over Washington DC during a 4 July celebration. File pic: AP
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Centrifuge machines at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility seen in 2019. Pic: AP
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A satellite image shows the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran after airstrikes. Pic: Maxar Technologies/Reuters
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