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American B-2 stealth bombers with terrifying capabilities'are on the move'as Iran tensions heat up
Published: 09:10 EDT, 21 June 2025 | Updated: 10:23 EDT, 21 June 2025
Deadly stealth bombers, which only the US has in their arsenal, are on their way to a US Air Force base in Guam amid growing tensions with Iran, according to reports. Six B-2 stealth bombers, docked at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, appeared to be on the move on Saturday morning, according to Fox News. The bombers are said to have been refueled, which means they could have launched without full tanks due to the extraordinarily heavy bunker-buster bombs. The B-2 is capable of carrying a 30,000-pound bomb, which experts have concluded could be the only way to destroy Iran's most heavily fortified nuclear site, Fordo. The bomb, known as the GBU-57 or the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, is something only the US military possesses. The Fordo fuel enrichment plant is buried deep within a mountain system in Iran, but experts don't know exactly how deep, which complicated a potential US mission to neutralize it.
Experts who spoke to The New York Times believe the facility at its shallowest is 250 feet deep, but could be as much as 30 feet deeper. Nonetheless, GBU-57 is the only way to assuredly wipe out the facility, short of using a nuclear device.
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