The American B-2 stealth bomber is the only plane capable of carrying the bombs needed to strike Iran’s deepest nuclear facilities, but the decision to use them is not without risk.
Fears of a wider Israel-Iran conflict grew after President Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and suggested that the United States could join Israel’s war effort.
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.