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How the US Bombarded Iranian Nuclear Sites without Detection
- On early Sunday, U.S. forces launched Operation Midnight Hammer, bombing two underground Iranian uranium enrichment plants near Fordo and Isfahan using 125 aircraft.
- The mission was launched after a series of Israeli operations over more than a week that weakened Iran’s military command and air defense systems, and came following public remarks intended to delay strikes in order to facilitate negotiations.
- Seven B-2 stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 GBU-57 bunker buster bombs, delivering 420,000 pounds of explosives with support from refueling tankers and fighter aircraft; additionally, a U.S. submarine fired over 24 Tomahawk cruise missiles simultaneously.
- General Dan Caine described an 18-hour continuous flight involving multiple mid-air refuelings and decoys, noting only a small number of leaders in Washington and Florida knew the operation, while Iran neither detected nor fired at the attack jets.
- The U.S. hailed the strike as a knockout blow to Iran’s nuclear program, while Iran confirmed the attacks but denied significant damage and vowed retaliation; the full impact remains unclear.
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Prepared for months, highly secretive and closely coordinated with Israel: With the operation "Midnight Hammer" the US specifically bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Trump gave the final GO out of the helicopter – a few hours before the B2 bombers hit.
Strike On Iran Was Precision Based On Every Metric
Source: Anadolu / Getty Strike on Iran was precision based on every metric. What is the strategy going forward for the United States? Tony Katz: It was precision based on every metric and based on every pundit and based on our own eyes. Precision is how we were able to drop 14 MOPS, Massive ordnance penetrators, bunker Busters. On these two nuclear enrichment sites in Iran, the third one, Isfahan getting Tomahawk missiles. Now, did it do the …
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.- It was an unprecedented attack that took place for years, with some last-minute diversion maneuvers aimed at giving the operation a powerful element of surprise. US pilots dropped bombs of 13 600 kilograms (30 thousand pounds) on Sunday early on two key underground uranium enrichment plants in Iran, killing what U.S. military leaders believe is a decisive blow to a nuclear program that Israel considers an existentia…
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