{"id":2711,"date":"2026-10-15T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:03:55","slug":"us-draws-up-plans-to-use-mother-of-all-bombs-against-iran-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2711","title":{"rendered":"US draws up plans to use \u2018Mother of All Bombs\u2019 against Iran: CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>The US military has developed strike plans \u200bthat could include using \u200cthe GBU-43\/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, also known \u200bas the \u201cmother of \u200ball bombs\u201d, against Iranian energy \u2060infrastructure and nuclear sites \u200bif President Donald Trump \u200borders renewed combat operations, CNN reported on Thursday, citing US \u200bofficials familiar with the \u200bmatter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The potential deployment of the largest \u200cnon-nuclear \u2060bomb in the US arsenal would mark a significant escalation in the \u200bconflict.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2060officials familiar with military planning discussions \u200btold CNN questions remain \u200bover \u2060its effectiveness in achieving Washington\u2019s strategic objectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US military has developed strike plans \u200bthat could include using \u200cthe GBU-43\/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, also known \u200bas the \u201cmother of \u200ball bombs\u201d, against Iranian energy \u2060infrastructure and nuclear sites \u200bif President Donald Trump \u200borders renewed combat operations, CNN reported on Thursday, citing US \u200bofficials familiar with the \u200bmatter. The potential deployment of the largest \u200cnon-nuclear \u2060bomb in the US arsenal would mark a significant escalation in the \u200bconflict. However, \u2060officials familiar with military planning discussions \u200btold CNN questions remain \u200bover \u2060its effectiveness in achieving Washington\u2019s strategic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}