The US bombed Iran’s three nuclear enrichment facilities, Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, all south of Tehran, Iran’s capital, using mountain-penetrating bombs never previously used, in just 25 minutes, ...

The deep penetrating bombs that the U.S. dropped into two Iranian nuclear facilities were designed specifically for those ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is giving an update at the Pentagon - earlier, Iran claimed it gave the US a "heavy slap".

This bomb may have single-handedly ended the Gulf War, but the speed at which it was designed, developed, and deployed is ...

Bunker buster bombs are not battlefield munitions. They serve a very specific purpose, with potential returns far outpacing ...

The US has once again turned to its bunker-busting arsenal, this time targeting Iran's nuclear sites with GBU-57 bombs ...

American air power has been deployed several times to "establish democracy" and fight terrorism in the Middle East. In 1990, ...

A powerful US bunker-busting bomb was used in combat for the first time when Washington struck Iranian nuclear sites Sunday. Only the US has the GBU-57 -- a 30,000-pound (13,600kg) weapon viewed ...

The Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 57, also called the "bunker buster," is a large, GPS-guided, penetrating weapon designed to attack deeply buried targets such as bunkers and tunnels, according to the ...

The bomb can reportedly penetrate up to 200 feet (about 60 metres) of reinforced earth or concrete, making it far more powerful than older weapons like the GBU-28 or BLU-109.

It was an unprecedented attack years in the making, with some last-minute misdirection meant to give the operation a powerful element of surprise. U.S. pilots ...

Israel had carried out a week of air strikes on Iran, but does not possess the GBU-57 -- a 30,000-pound (13,600 kilogram) weapon viewed as necessary to reach the most deeply buried facilities ...