{"asset":"news","key":"9981","locale":"en","id":"news:9981:en","entityId":"news:9981","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/9981","state":"ready","title":"US Considers Using Giant Bomb Dubbed \"Mother of All Bombs\" to Strike Iran!","summary":"According to a CNN report citing US officials familiar with the matter, the US military is drafting a new strike plan that could include the use of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, commonly known as the \"Mother of all bombs,\" to target Iran's energy infrastructure and nuclear sites if President Donald Trump orders a new combat operation. The deployment of the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal would mark a significant escalation in the conflict, even though the plan has not yet been officially confirmed.","body":"According to a CNN report citing US officials familiar with the matter, the US military is drafting a new strike plan that could include the use of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, commonly known as the \"Mother of all bombs,\" to target Iran's energy infrastructure and nuclear sites if President Donald Trump orders a new combat operation.\n\nThe deployment of the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal would mark a significant escalation in the conflict, even though the plan has not yet been officially confirmed.\n\nThe Mother of all bombs is a high-yield explosive weapon designed primarily to strike surface-area targets, but the consideration of deploying this weapon in the standoff with Iran is putting both countries on the most dangerous trajectory imaginable. Article by: Rithy","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"3","publishedWorkingVersionId":"12295","languageVersionId":"4476","visibilityVersion":"6","versionToken":"a1.S_KEvacA0lGzRqWDG1LPaA9nB0ioXBhZtRxxczxiIAQ"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"km","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"12","authorText":"","sourceName":""},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-15T09:39:26Z"}