USAF general talks ‘remarkable’ aircraft needed if 30,000 lb bomb were to be dropped on Iran nuke site
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The U.S. would need a special bomber aircraft with "remarkable" capabilities if it were to go ahead with any decision to try to take out Iran’s extremely deep subterranean Fordow nuclear facility, a retired Air Force officer told Fox News.
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Weatherington, a former commander of the 8th Air Force who has piloted the B-2 bomber, said it is the only vessel capable of carrying and dropping the 30,000-pound MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) that would be needed for such an operation.
Only the U.S. has a bomb capable of reaching that depth, as Israel and Iran continue to exchange missile volleys of lesser means...
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