Can a MOAB reach Iran's buried sites?
The Daily Jagran's Nikita Kapoor examines the weapon's limits alongside reported Pentagon strike plans and the risks of escalation.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 145,202 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (14,482).
Total Destruction Of Iran? US Ready To Drop Biggest-Ever Bomb On Iran As US Navy Restarts Strikes!
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- 0:15Kapoor introduces reports that Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare large-scale strikes against Iranian targets.
- 1:53The report explains the MOAB's design and recalls its deployment in Afghanistan in 2017.
- 2:37Deep granite fortifications raise doubts about whether a MOAB could reach installations at Pickaxe Mountain.
- 3:26Citing CNN, Kapoor describes MOAB as an area-clearance and psychological weapon, rather than a deep penetrator.
- 6:09The analysis identifies civilian casualties, Iranian retaliation and uncertain long-term results as major risks.
Nikita Kapoor puts a practical question beneath the dramatic premise of her latest Decoded report: a powerful explosion above ground is not the same thing as destroying a facility buried deep inside a mountain.
The Daily Jagran episode examines reports that Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to prepare large-scale strikes against Iran, including possible use of the GBU-43/B MOAB. It has drawn about 132,000 views in 19 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos.
Despite the title's suggestion of "Total Destruction," the report describes potential plans, not an announced decision to deploy the weapon. Kapoor introduces the MOAB before turning to Pickaxe Mountain and the difficulty of reaching installations protected by deep granite. Citing CNN, she describes the bomb as an area-clearance and psychological weapon rather than a deep penetrator.
The closing section shifts from explosive power to consequences: civilian casualties, possible Iranian retaliation against U.S. forces, and whether a strike would achieve lasting strategic results.
The episode also sits within a broader burst of viewing for Jagran's Iran coverage. Separate reports about clerical authority, President Masoud Pezeshkian's account of national pressures, and naval strikes have all drawn unusually large opening audiences. Here, the useful distinction is between the scale of a blast and what it could actually accomplish.
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- Channel
- The Daily Jagran
- Subscribers
- 206,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,658,403
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,487,790 (on a normal day: 1,162,890)
- Video published
- October 15, 2026
- Video views so far
- 131,938 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 145,202
The numbers
The MOAB report has already exceeded the channel's usual full-day views. Several companion Iran reports are also drawing unusually large opening audiences.
