Iran captures 15 US munitions

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they recovered more than 15 unexploded U.S. missiles in southern Iran and moved them to technical units for study. (presstv.ir) The claim came from the Imam Sajjad Corps in Hormozgan province, whose bomb-disposal teams said the weapons were heavy American missiles of the GBU and BLU families. The unit said the munitions were defused and handed over for “reverse engineering.” (presstv.ir) (cityvoice.ng) A separate Guards statement from Zanjan province said forces there found 9,500 bomblets and dozens of unexploded rockets and missiles after the same conflict. Tasnim said that cache included three U.S. GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs. (tasnimnews.ir) The GBU-57 is the United States’ largest conventional bunker-buster, a 30,000-pound bomb designed to smash through rock and reinforced concrete before detonating. NPR reported in 2025 that only the U.S. had both the bomb and the B-2 stealth bomber needed to deliver it. (vpm.org) Iranian officials have been laying the groundwork for this claim for months. In February, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said unexploded U.S. munitions were still lodged at bombed nuclear sites, creating safety hazards for inspectors. (armyrecognition.com) What is not established is independent verification. The reports now circulating trace back to Iranian state or state-linked outlets, and no U.S. military statement located in this reporting confirmed the number, type, or condition of the recovered weapons. (presstv.ir) (tasnimnews.ir) That matters because an intact or partly intact precision bomb can reveal guidance components, fuzes, materials, and manufacturing details even if the full weapon does not work. Iranian reports have framed the recovery as both an engineering opportunity and proof that some U.S. strikes failed to explode as intended. (presstv.ir) (newsglobenow.com) For now, the clearest verified fact is narrower than the viral posts suggest: Iranian Guards units publicly claim they recovered unexploded U.S. ordnance after the 2026 war, but the most dramatic details still rest on Iran’s own account. (presstv.ir) (tasnimnews.ir)