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.
The Mother of all bombs is a high-yield explosive weapon designed to destroy underground bunkers or heavily fortified targets, but the consideration of deploying this weapon in the standoff with Iran is putting both countries on the most dangerous trajectory imaginable. 