Breaking down the U.S. onslaught connected Iran
The B-2 bomber pilots who carried retired strikes connected Iran's atomic facilities person returned to the U.S., President Trump confirmed connected Sunday.
CBS News crews captured video of respective B-2 Spirit Bombers flying backmost to the Whiteman Air Force Base successful Missouri connected Sunday afternoon. Gen. Dan Caine, the president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said earlier successful the time that 7 of the craft flew eastbound from the basal to Iran to bomb 3 atomic sites at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan. The mission, dubbed "Operation Midnight Hammer," was the "largest B-2 operational onslaught successful U.S. history," Caine said.
"Thank you for a occupation good done!!!," Mr. Trump wrote Sunday successful a Truth Social post confirming the pilots' return. He besides said Sunday that the harm to Iran's atomic sites was "monumental."
"The hits were hard and accurate. Great accomplishment was shown by our military," helium said successful different post.
A U.S. subject B-2 bomber flies implicit Missouri arsenic it returns to the Whiteman Air Force Base aft the June 21, 2025, ngo targeting atomic sites successful Iran.
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At a Pentagon briefing Sunday, Caine said that each of the B-2 bombers carried 2 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, oregon MOPs. Over 25 minutes, a full of 14 MOPs were dropped connected 2 people areas astatine Fordo and Natanz, portion Tomahawk missiles from a U.S. submarine targeted the Isfahan site, helium said.
Another radical of B-2s flew westbound implicit the Pacific to enactment arsenic decoys, Caine said.
"More than 125 U.S. craft participated successful this mission," Caine said, including the B-2 bombers, combatant jets, refueling planes and surveillance aircraft. More than 75 precision-guided weapons were utilized successful the attack, helium noted.
The pursuing day, satellite images amusement respective ample diameter holes oregon craters connected the apical of the ridge implicit the underground analyzable astatine Fordo. At Natanz and Isfahan, photos from Maxar Technologies amusement extended gathering harm crossed the facilities, including a substance enrichment plant.
Stefan Becket and Lucia I Suarez Sang contributed to this report.
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