United States Government used destructive bunker bomb in attacks on three of the major Iranian nuclear facilities
Despite the cessation of fire, the tensions between Iran and the United States continue. The discussions are now focused on the impacts of the White House bombings against three of the major Iranian nuclear facilities.
According to Tehran, attacks caused minimum damage. United States President Donald Trump says the places were completely destroyed. To reinforce this vision, the United States Department of Defense published a video showing the operation of bombs.
Armament was first used
One of the attacked points was Fordow’s underground complex, a place considered strategic because it was designed to produce purer uranium degrees. The space is 80 meters deep, which required the use of destructive bombs of the bunker.
This was the first time the weapon has been used by the White House. In A press conference on Thursday (26), the head of the joint state, Lieutenant General Dan Caine, explained that the bomb does not generate an impact crater.
They are designed to bury -deeply and then work. The six weapons in each Fordow ventilation were exactly where they should go. A pump has three effects that cause damage: explosion, fragmentation and overpressure. In this case, the main mechanisms of destruction in the mission space were a mixture of overpressure and explosion. Imagine -you look six times.
Lieutenant General Dan Caine, head of the United States joint state
See below how the pump works:
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The pump can pierce the soil and achieve the underground goals
- Named MOP GBU-57 A/B, this bomb is able to drill and destroy bunkers dozens of meters deep.
- This would be the only way to reach nuclear facilities such as Fordow’s, built on the slope of a mountain near the city of Qom, about 95 km south -Tehran.
- The weapon weighs 14,000 pounds and is six meters long.
- Once released, the pump is remotely guide the target.
- Estimates indicate that it can penetrate about 61 meters below the surface before exploding.
- The idea is to launch several attacks, one after another, piercing more and deeper into each explosion until it completely destroyed the Iranian facilities.
- In theory, the MOP GBU-57 A/B could be thrown by any bomber capable of transporting weight and flying at a sufficient altitude so that it can reach sufficient speed to penetrate the ground.
- However, only the B-2 spirit of the United States has released to make these attacks.
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Alessandro di Lorenzo has a degree in Journalism from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and has been working in the area since 2014. He worked in the news rooms Bandnews FM in Porto Alegre and São Paulo.
