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Analysis: The one weapon that could destroy a place like Iran’s Fordow nuclear site

Published 9:32 PM EDT, Wed June 18, 2025

In this photo released by the US Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.

Analysis: The one weapon that could destroy a place like Iran's Fordow nuclear site

There’s only one weapon in the world that can destroy a place like Fordow, and one plane that can carry that weapon. CNN military analyst Col. Cedric Leighton (ret.) explains how the Massive Ordnance Penetrator - a sophisticated bunker buster - works.

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In this photo released by the US Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.

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