Trump weighs Iran strike as Pentagon officials privately divided over bunker buster bombs | Iran | The Guardian
Donald Trump has suggested to defense officials it would make sense for the US to launch strikes against Iran only if the so-called bunker buster bomb was guaranteed to destroy the critical uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
Trump was told that dropping the GBU-57s, a 13.6-tonne (30,000lb) bomb would effectively eliminate Fordow but he does not appear to be fully convinced, the people said, and has held off authorizing strikes as he also awaits the possibility that the threat of US involvement would lead Iran to talks.
The effectiveness of GBU-57s has been a topic of deep contention at the Pentagon since the start of Trump s term, according to two defense officials who were briefed that perhaps only a tactical nuclear weapon could be capable of destroyi
Well it’s the Guardian, so who knows if this is true. If it is, things are more complicated.