US B-2 Spirit stealth bombers deployed GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators against Iran's key nuclear facilities in Operation Epic Fury. Confirmed targets include the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, the underground centrifuge facility at Natanz, and the mountain-embedded Fordow enrichment plant near Qom. Satellite imagery shows massive fires at Isfahan.
The strikes represent the most significant military action against a nuclear program since Israel's 1981 attack on Iraq's Osirak reactor. Iran was enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordow and Natanz, with enough material for several nuclear weapons if enriched further. The Pentagon stated the goal was to set Iran's nuclear weapons capability back decades.
The IAEA has issued urgent warnings about potential radiation release from the damaged facilities and dispatched emergency inspection teams. The extent of nuclear material contamination will take days to assess. Iran has accused the US and Israel of environmental terrorism and warned that striking nuclear facilities could create a radiological disaster affecting the entire region.
The United States and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iranian military installations and nuclear facilities in what the Pentagon has designated Operation Epic Fury. Targets included sites in Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, and Karaj.
Defense Secretary confirmed that US forces struck multiple Iranian nuclear facilities including sites at Isfahan and Natanz. The Pentagon stated the strikes aimed to degrade Iran's nuclear weapons program.
President Trump delivered a prime-time address declaring the success of Operation Epic Fury. He stated that Iran's nuclear weapons program has been set back decades and warned Tehran against further escalation.
Satellite imagery shows massive fires at Iran's Isfahan nuclear research center following strikes by US B-2 stealth bombers reportedly armed with GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
The International Atomic Energy Agency issued an urgent statement condemning the targeting of nuclear facilities and warning of potential radiation release from damaged sites at Isfahan and Natanz.
Senior administration officials reveal the strikes were planned after US intelligence confirmed Iran had enriched uranium to weapons-grade levels at a previously unknown underground facility.
Pentagon sources confirmed that B-2 Spirit bombers dropped multiple GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators on Iran's underground centrifuge enrichment facility at Natanz, buried 80 meters below ground.
The deeply buried Fordow enrichment facility near Qom survived the first wave of strikes due to its location inside a mountain. Pentagon officials said follow-up strikes are being assessed.
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