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The Bombs the US Could Deploy If Trump Strikes Iran

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, in a photo released by the US Air Force.Photographer: US Air Force/AP Photo

Takeaways by Bloomberg AI

US President Donald Trump has a wide range of military assets in the Middle East and across the globe to bring to bear in a potential fight against Iran as he weighs one of the most momentous foreign policy decisions of his administration.

That arsenal includes powerfully destructive bombs, long-range stealth bombers, an aircraft carrier strike group, Navy destroyers and US troops — offering Trump multiple options if he decides to intervene more directly in support of Israel. Some resources like the B-2 bomber are in the US while other assets are either in the region or on the way.