The Pentagon disclosed new details about Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites. This operation, involving years of intelligence and strategic planning dating back to 2009, targeted underground facilities. Gen. Dan Caine highlighted the necessity of the mission due to Iran's development of enriched uranium capabilities. Six B-2 stealth bombers executed the airstrike, dropping Massive Ordnance Penetrators on the Fordow facility and later targeting Natanz. The military emphasized the importance of damage assessments carried out by intelligence analysts following the attack.
You do not build a multilayered underground bunker complex with centrifuges and other equipment in a mountain for any peaceful purpose.
The first bomb forcibly removed a concrete cap that Iranian officials had emplaced in an attempt to shield the complex from an attack.
A seventh B-2 carrying two additional bombs flew with the other six in case it was needed, and later dropped them on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility.
Caine said the military does not grade our own homework, leaving the damage assessments for the U.S. intelligence community to complete.
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