Pentagon Worked Up Ruse' to Fool Iran on Strikes Because They Feared Trump Would Give It Away on Social Media: NYT
Briefly

Top military officials at the Pentagon executed a strategic decoy mission to protect the confidentiality of an airstrike plan on Iran's uranium facilities amid concerns over President Trump's social media posts revealing the operation. Plans for a strike were being finalized while Trump made provocative statements on Truth Social. In a response to protect the mission's secrecy, two fleets of B-2 bombers were dispatched, with one serving as a distraction while the other completed the actual mission. Ultimately, 14 bombs were dropped on Iran's Fordow facility during the covert operation.
Despite fears of operational secrecy being compromised by Trump's social media, the Pentagon executed a decoy mission to ensure covert airstrikes on Iran proceeded without detection.
In an elaborate maneuver, senior military officials orchestrated the deployment of two fleets of B-2 bombers, utilizing one as a decoy to distract from the actual strike force.
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