America's monster bomb aimed at Iran | Trump weighs Moab strike on nuclear sites

Shifting focus meanwhile, America's biggest non-nuclear bomb is back on the table and in the headlines as Iran fortifies its nuclear sites and Washington counts down to the midterm elections. President Donald Trump is weighing the mother of all bombs reportedly for strikes on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure. Tehran is cautioning bombs, missiles cannot force Iranians to surrender take a look the war room is live again a weapon so big it needs a cargo plane to carry it a blast so vast it wipes out everything in a mile according to reports Pentagon has drawn fresh strike options if President Donald Trump decides to attack Iran again and at the heart of that plan is the GBU-43B the massive ordnance air blast or simply the mother of all bombs These massive bombs can target Iranian energy infrastructure and fortified nuclear sites. Timing is critical. The attack could come either before or after the November 3rd midterms. As the White House looks to reset the narrative on a war that has hit fuel prices and poll numbers. So what is this monster? The Moab is America's largest non-nuclear bomb. It weighs 21,600 pounds, almost 9.8 tons. It is 30 feet long and GPS-guided. It contains 11 tons of TNT equivalent. It does not drill deep like a bunker buster. It airbursts, it explodes just above the ground and sends a crushing pressure wave outwards. First tested in March 2003, on the eve of the Iraq invasion. It has only been used once in combat. It was unleashed in Afghanistan in 2017 against an ISIS cave complex. The mushroom cloud was seen 20 miles away. The reports of a fresh American attack follows intensive satellite imagery revealing renewed activity across Fordo and Natanz, which are Iran's major nuclear sites. Washington aims to signal that deep underground burial offers no immunity from American air power. Yet Tehran refuses to flinch. Iran says it is prepared for war even as it negotiates with the US. And here, regarding the proposal that has been put forward, as we have said before, and reiterate now, the US president made commitments, and has now violated them. And broke them. must be punished. America must change its behavior. It must understand that it has to come to terms with the Iranian people, and accept the rightful demands of the Iranian nation." Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country is facing its most intense blockade since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, accusing the United States of seeking to provoke public protests. Iran and the United States have been at war since February 28, when U.S. and Israeli strikes assassinated Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Bureau Report, WeOn, World at One.