Why did Israel’s attack fail? Iran’s ‘impregnable’ nuclear fort

GBU-39: Why did Israel's attack fail? Iran's 'impregnable' nuclear fort
GBU-39: Why did Israel’s attack fail? Iran’s ‘impregnable’ nuclear fort

News India Live, Digital Desk: GBU-39: Recently, Israel attacked an important nuclear hideout in Isfahan city of Iran. In this attack, the dangerous ‘bunker buster’ bombs made in the US were used, whose work is to destroy the strong bunkers built under the ground. But surprisingly, even after this attack, Iran’s atomic hideout did not suffer any major damage. Why did this happen? Let’s understand this whole story in easy language.

How is this nuclear hideout of Iran?

This nuclear base of Iran is not a minor building. It is an ‘impervious fort’, built at a depth of about 300 feet under a mountain. It has been designed in such a way that it can withstand even the biggest air strikes. To destroy this, not of any ordinary bomb, but a ‘great omnipotent’ bomb will be needed.

So the question arises that where did the mistake happen?

According to intelligence reports, Israel fired GBU-39 ‘Small Diameter Bomb’ (SDB) from F-35 fighter jet for this attack. These bombs are also a kind of bunker buster, but their strength is limited. These bombs can penetrate the wall of a few feet thick concrete, but it is not just a matter to destroy the hideout under the mountain 300 feet deep.

America did not give the real ‘Mahabam’!

The bomb that is needed to destroy this hideout of Iran is GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator). It is the most powerful non-atomic bomb in America, which can cause havoc by entering 60 feet thick concrete or 200 feet ground. But the US has never given this ‘Mahabam’ to Israel, because the US is afraid that its use may sprinkle a huge war in the Middle East.

So was this attack just a ‘warning’?

Many defense experts believe that the purpose of Israel was not to destroy this hideout. The attack was a straight and clean ‘message’ for Iran. Through this attack, Israel showed that it can reach the hideout which is considered to be the safest by dodging the air defense system of Iran.

It was a strategic move, in which Israel also showed its strength and did not extend the matter so much so that a full war would begin. Satellite photographs have shown that the attack, not the nuclear plant, but the air defense system in its protection was slightly damaged. In this way, Israel warned Iran that if needed, it could attack even a bigger attack.

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