Further to my post of June 16, 2025 at https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2025/06/israel-may-coerce-us-bomber-involvement.html
my sources confirm Israel coerced the US into bombing Iran.
Israel argued 10 days ago that without US heavy bunker buster GBU-57 assistance Israel would have no alternative but to use low-to-intermediate yield nuclear bombs against Iran's deep dug nuclear enrichment sites at Fordow and Natanz.
The light, around 600kg, air dropped Israeli nuclear bombs in question are similar to the US's 540kg B61-11 free fall nuclear bunker buster bombs. See The B61 family of nuclear bombs by Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris Pages 79-84 Published online: Nov 27, 2015 at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1177/0096340214531546#d1e111
The B61-11s are heavier, with a hardened casing, than average 324kg B61s, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb as the B61-11s need to penetrate some earth, rock or concrete before exploding.
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