The big bad Trump bomb that Israel wants so much
Israel's ability to neutralize Iran's fortified Fordo nuclear facility is constrained by its lack of bunker-busting capabilities. The US-controlled GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator is the only weapon capable of breaching Fordo's defenses. This asymmetry grants the US significant leverage in managing the Israeli-Iranian confrontation, as Israel's strategic options remain limited without American cooperation and technology.