military official later verified the scope of the destructive bombing mission, implying that Fordow had been “taken off the table.”

It had previously been proposed that the location might be destroyed with just two bunker busters.

The bunker busters were delivered by a dozen B-2 stealth bombers.

Israel claimed that their attack had already rendered Iran’s air defences inoperable, enabling them to destroy several Iranian nuclear installations.

However, Israel requested the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), an American bomb that can blow up bunkers, from Trump in order to attack the Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment site.

The gadget reaches deeply buried targets by using its weight and kinetic force, after which it explodes.

The B-2 stealth bomber, which is unique to the American arsenal, must deliver it.

This was the first time the bomb had ever