Trump threatens to drop ‘the mother of all bombs’ on Iran in major escalation

The Independent — World·October 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM

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The United States dropped GBU-57s on underground nuclear facilities last year but US intelligence claimed the strikes only set back operations by months

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