{"id":319740,"date":"2025-12-10T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319740"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:58:46","slug":"iran-gaining-access-to-technology-of-advanced-american-gbu-bombs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319740","title":{"rendered":"Iran gaining access to technology of advanced American GBU bombs: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Introduction \u2013 Dec 9, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The US has provided Iran with two of its most advanced munitions, one delivered by the Israeli Air Force in the form of a GBU-39 smart bomb that failed to explode when dropped on Hezollah in Lebanon. The Iranian aligned resistance group then disarmed the bomb, photographed it and sent key components to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, when U.S. officials discovered that the GBU-39 had failed to detonate they demanded that the Lebanese government return it but by then it was already too late.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the GBU-39 that was dropped by the Israeli Air Force on Hezbollah, Iranian scientists have also obtained an advanced U.S. GBU-57 bunker buster. This was dropped on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities during the 12-Day War and like the GBU-39 it also failed to explode.<\/p>\n<p>Together the munitions amount to an intelligence windfall for Iranian scientists. They have reportedly been dismantled and successfully reverse engineered. So what might have taken years for Iran to develop by itself has now been accomplished in a matter of months.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to special deliveries from the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials are reportedly \u201cdeeply worried\u201d about Iran reverse engineering these weapons. As well they might be.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011 Iran electronically hijacked a U.S. RQ-170 drone on a surveillance flight over the country. Since then and partly with the knowledge gained from dismantling the RQ-170, Iran has become something of a world leader in the development of drone technology.<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in Iran supplying Russia with hundreds of drones for its Special Military Operation in Ukraine and even building <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yelabuga_drone_factory\">a factory to manufacture drones in Russia itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Tehran Times report continues below the video.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iran FINALLY Gets Access To Top-Secret US GBU-39B Bomb Tech After Botched Israel Strike On Hezbollah<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Times of India \u2013 Dec 9, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8DceqKXlkw?si=ptaZ2LSSrJty3c6O\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iran gaining access to technology of advanced American GBU bombs: Report<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tehran Times \u2013 Dec 6, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>TEHRAN \u2013 Lebanese media have reported that Hezbollah, the Lebanese Resistance movement, has provided its ally Iran with images and components of the advanced U.S.-made GBU-39B bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Following the assassination last month of senior Hezbollah commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai by the Israeli regime, a GBU-39 smart, small-diameter bomb reportedly failed to explode. Hezbollah&#8217;s security unit immediately moved into action, reportedly photographing the bomb, defusing it, and sending its essential electronic components to Iran for reverse engineering. This development reportedly concerned Washington, which has since demanded that the Lebanese government return the bomb&#8217;s remains to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Reports also revealed that U.S. warplanes used massive GBU-57 bunker buster bombs, each weighing 13 tonnes, during attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025. One such bomb reportedly failed to detonate and subsequently fell into the hands of experts at the Iranian Defense Ministry. Iranian sources have since confirmed that Tehran has successfully reverse-engineered the giant munition.<\/p>\n<p>Although Iran has reportedly replicated the massive GBU-57 bomb, its 13-tonne weight restricts its widespread use. Sources at the Iranian Defense Ministry indicate that accessing the lighter GBU-39B bomb (weighing around 100 tonnes) provided by Hezbollah is more vital for Iran\u2019s missile doctrine. Iran reportedly intends to incorporate the penetration and guiding technology from that bomb into its ballistic missile warheads.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian military engineers have now reportedly succeeded in designing a warhead similar to that of the GBU-57, intended for installation on \u201cFattah\u201d hypersonic\/ballistic missiles (with a range of 1,400 kilometers). Additionally, a more modern version is under development for the \u201cKhoramshahr-4\u201d missile (with a range of 2,000 kilometers). Field tests indicate the Iranian warhead can penetrate up to 20 meters deep into reinforced concrete and underground fortifications, though the American version reportedly achieves penetration depths of up to 60 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s military arsenal is largely domestically produced. Some of its designs are now being replicated by other countries, with the Shahed-136 drone being one of the most copied weapons by several major arms manufacturers, including the U.S. itself. However, Tehran has, at times, reverse-engineered captured American weapons, including a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 drone that it safely brought down on Iranian territory through cyberwarfare in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in June, the country has been intensively working to fill its military gaps and further advance its most important tools of defense: its missiles. These missiles forced Israel and the U.S. to ask for a ceasefire after they wreaked havoc in the occupied territories for 12 days. Despite tight censorship by Israel, a significant amount of footage has been released showing parts of Israeli neighborhoods in complete ruins. Israel has placed the majority of its military and intelligence infrastructure inside crowded neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Iran nor Hezbollah officials have addressed the bomb transfer rumors. Washington\u2019s demand that the government return the weapon, however, drew ire in Lebanon, with citizens pointing out on social media that the U.S. &#8220;shamelessly&#8221; wants the Lebanese to give back its undetonated bomb so it can use it to kill more people.<\/p>\n<p>Hebrew media says Pentagon officials view the situation as \u201csensitive\u201d, noting that even partial access to the bomb\u2019s internal components could expose design methods that the United States relies on to support its modern strike arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>American military blogs describe the GBU-39 as a lightweight, air-launched munition converted into a precision-guided bomb. It utilizes GPS-aided inertial navigation, enabling accurate strikes from long distances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/521308\/Iran-gaining-access-to-technology-of-advanced-American-GBU-bombs\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a mishap that could prove as costly  to U.S. intelligence as the loss of the RQ-170 drone in 2011, Iran has inadvertently been provided with two of America\u2019s most advanced munitions, courtesy the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":319741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319740"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319774,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319740\/revisions\/319774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/319741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}