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What is the "mother of all bombs" that sources say the White House prepared for Iran?

CBS News · October 16, 2026 at 9:49 AM

Sources say the White House prepared plans to use the "mother of all bombs" on Iran.

President Trump clarified in an interview that the weapon is not a nuclear bomb.

CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.

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