The Pentagon Has Many Options To Destroy Iran's Hardened Nuclear Facilities

Test personnel with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency prepare to offload the Massive Ordnance Penetrator for a static test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (Photo: DTRA)

James Drew, Real Clear Defense: USAF Has Many Options to Destroy Iranian Nuke Facilities

Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told CNN the United States military has the capability to “shut down, set back and destroy” Iran’s nuclear program.

The highly-publicized yet classified weapon Carter was referring to is the Massive Ordnance Penetrator — a behemoth, 30,000-pound bunker bomb introduced specifically to destroy Iran’s underground uranium enrichment facilities.

In January, we told you the Pentagon was modifying and testing the bomb as the diplomatic push for a nuclear settlement with the pariah state intensified. But of course, that’s not all the U.S. military has been up to in the background.

WNU Editor: These are big bombs .... but if push comes to shove will President Obama order their use .... that is the bigger question that everyone is not sure of the answer.