According to The New York Times, the US and Israel have drawn up plans for a short but intensive strike operation on Iran's energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities and missile and drone arsenal after the midterm elections. Iran's IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi warned that Tehran would show the US a 'Father of All Bombs', without giving details. The report said Trump had considered using the 22,000-pound GBU-43/B MOAB against the deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site, though specialists questioned whether it could destroy a granite-based facility and the slow MC-130 carrying it would be vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire. The US and Israel nearly attacked earlier this month before Trump postponed the operation, and it remains uncertain whether he will approve new strikes. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian described the situation as a 'super-challenge' and vowed Iran would keep standing firm.
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