US weighs Mother of all bombs for Iran strikes targeting nuclear sites
· World · Indian Express, NDTV
US military planners are reportedly including the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) in strike options against Iran, should President Donald Trump approve renewed combat operations. The report, cited by CNN, states the Pentagon would deploy the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal for the first time in the current conflict. US officials say the plan targets Iran's nuclear sites and energy infrastructure, though uncertainty remains over the bomb's effectiveness in achieving stated objectives. The potential use of MOAB marks a major escalation in the US-Iran conflict, which has now entered its seventh month of military attrition.
Why it matters
If deployed, the MOAB would represent the first use of the US military's largest non-nuclear weapon in the current Iran conflict, significantly raising the scale of potential force and risk of regional escalation affecting global energy supplies and India's strategic interests.
Read the original report — Indian Express
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