U.S. officials say the military has built plans to drop the 21,600-pound MOAB on Iran's nuclear sites if the war resumes, with Trump saying no strikes before the Nov. 3 midterms.
MIKE DROP NEWSROOM | 16 OCTOBER 2026
Former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland breaks down the Pentagon's MOAB strike plans for Iran and whether hitting the same targets again will work this time.
Mike asks the question the headlines skip: if last summer's strikes knocked Iran's nuclear program back years, why are U.S. crews being asked to hit Pickaxe Mountain and the same sites again? He says the back-and-forth on timing helps nobody, and the smartest play is to say nothing and let the troops do the job. He also responds to viewer comments comparing the B-2 leak to the Hegseth Signal chat, drawing the line between intentional and careless.
Also covered: Trump kills the Fort Hood execution livestream, Ukraine defies the U.S. on refinery strikes and the unconfirmed claims about Starlink, an OpenAI suspect with ties to Saudi Arabia, a new cancer-fighting drug, Tesla's 230-mph Roadster, and Mike's plans for live streams.
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0:00 U.S. builds MOAB strike plans for Iran
0:50 Why Mike would say nothing about the timing
1:40 The MOAB, and why we're hitting the same sites again
3:45 Trump kills the Fort Hood execution livestream
4:30 Ukraine defies the U.S. on refinery strikes
5:20 Did Trump throttle Ukraine's Starlink? What's actually confirmed
9:05 Your comments: the B-2 leak vs. the Signal chat
12:05 OpenAI suspect kept ties to the Saudis
15:10 A new kind of cancer drug
16:15 Tesla's 230-mph Roadster
17:10 KFC switches to Coke
17:30 Live streams are coming: tell Mike how often
