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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds

US military pounds Iranian ammo depot with 900kg ‘bunker buster’ bombs in dramatic footage

Dramatic footage shared by Donald Trump shows the moment that US forces struck a large ammunition depot in Iran with 2,000lb bunker buster bombs, triggering a huge explosion.

A clip shared by the US president on Truth Social showed the moment the bombs struck a target in the Iranian city of Isfahan with “penetrator munitions” designed to tear into targets deep underground, a US official told the Wall Street Journal.

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