US Air Force bombers struck Iran's nuclear facilities early Sunday morning, in what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said was a dangerous escalation in the Middle East.
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Saturday's strikes marked the first time the U.S. Air Force has used the 13-ton bomb, called the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, in combat, which is designed to destroy bunkers.
Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said: This was a huge risk on President Trump's part, and no one knows yet whether it will pay off. It is easier to start a war than to end one.
The American B-2 bombers that struck Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday flew nonstop for about 37 hours from their base in Missouri, refueling several times in mid-air, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.
