00:00If the United States is to join in with this war, then there's a fair bet it will involve
00:05the Fordow nuclear facility. It is Iran's most heavily protected nuclear location,
00:1120 miles northeast of the holy city of Qom. It's an obvious and important target for Israel's
00:16attacks, although observers say there are no visible signs of damage there so far.
00:21It's a top-secret hideaway and it's in remote terrain. The main part of the facility is built
00:26into a mountain with tunnels leading deep underground. There are few signs of activity
00:31above ground, with one support building and a fortified secure perimeter. The main enrichment
00:37halls are buried deep below the surface, too deep for any Israeli bombs to penetrate.
00:42The nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, recently suggested Iran has increased production of enriched uranium
00:47to 60% at Fordow. The more enriched uranium they have, the more likely that Iran will be able to
00:52produce a nuclear weapon. So if their own aerial bombs won't be enough to totally destroy Fordow,
00:58what other options do the Israelis have? The cleanest option would be to ask the United
01:03States Air Force to finish the job there. Another option would be to negotiate with the Iranians
01:09about the future of Fordow. Maybe in exchange for a ceasefire agreement, the Iranians would agree
01:14to disable it themselves. The Israelis could also send in a commando team.
01:20If the United States was to help Israel bomb Fordow, what would they be using? The answer
01:25is almost certainly the MOP, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, officially known as the GBU-57.
01:31It's America's largest non-nuclear bomb, a bunker buster designed to blast its way through layers
01:37of rock and reinforce concrete to obliterate its target. The bomb itself weighs 13 tons, and each
01:44one could penetrate up to 60 metres below the surface. Because of its size, it can only be
01:49carried by America's B-2 stealth bombers. So if we see more B-2s heading towards the region,
01:54that may be a sign that something is about to happen. There are also reports of a lot of US
01:59aircraft on the move. F-15 and F-16 fighter jets and their refuelling planes heading from bases
02:05in Europe towards the Middle East. Is President Trump preparing for this conflict to widen,
02:11or is he using military might to force Iranians to accept peace on his terms and promise never
02:17again to build the bomb? Because experts say whatever Israel does to Fordow, destroying
02:22it would only set Iran's nuclear ambitions back by five years or perhaps a few more. Ending
02:27its nuclear plans for good would require defeat on crushing terms dictated by America and Israel,
02:34or the end of the regime, or perhaps even both.
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