Air Force squadron in Middle East arms up with 'bunker busting' bombs to counter Iran

The U.S. military is arming aircraft recently sent to the Middle East with "bunker busting" bombs. 

A squadron of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft — otherwise known as "Warthogs" — have been saddled with the structure-penetrating payload in response to increasing aggression from the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The warthogs are each capable of carrying approximately 16 bunker busters, otherwise known as GBU-39/B bombs.

IRAN SEIZES SHIP IN GULF OF OMAN, US NAVY SAYS

On Thursday, Iranian forces intercepted and seized a boat sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands as it was transporting crude oil from Kuwait to Houston, Texas.

The seizure of the foreign vessel was only the latest escalation from the Middle Eastern republic — Iran is now on the brink of Read Entire Article