New Details Emerge in Iran Attack: U.S. Used Submarines, 6 'Bunker Buster' Bombs

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The United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, and now new details are emerging about how the attack was launched.
The attack involved submarines and stealth B-2 bombers.
Fox News gave additional details on the attacks against the Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan (Isfahan) facilities.
The U.S. used six "huge bunker buster bombs" to obliterate the Fordow facility, which is located deep in the mountains, Fox News reported.
They were "dropped from American stealth B-2 bombers."
Natanz and Esfahan were targeted differently, Fox News reported.
They were attacked with '30 tomahawk missiles launched by American submarines from 400 miles away," Fox News reported, saying that the U.S. "completely obliterated" Fordow.
What are bunker buster bombs? "The Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is a weapon system designed to accomplish a difficult, complicated mission of reaching and destroying our adversaries' weapons of mass destruction located in well-protected facilities. It is more powerful than its predecessor, the BLU-109," the Air Force says.
The bunker buster bombs are also known as GBU-57s, and "can only be carried by B-2 bombers, with each aircraft capable of carrying two of these 30,000-pound weapons at a time," Newsweek reported.
Originally, it was believed that only two bunker buster bombs would be needed to obliterate Fordow.
What is Natanz? "The nuclear complex, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital Tehran, is considered Iran's largest uranium enrichment facility," CNN reported.
The network reported that much is not known about Fordow because of its location deep in the mountains. Its "main halls are an estimated 80 to 90 meters (around 262 to 295 feet) beneath the ground," the network added.
What is Isfahan? "Isfahan, in central Iran, is home to the country's largest nuclear research complex," the network noted.
The network reported that lawmakers' response to the bombing was mixed.New Details Emerge in Iran Attack: U.S. Used Submarines, 6 'Bunker Buster' Bombs first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 22, 2025