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.
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