US EditionGen. Wesley Clark: I'd strongly encourage the U.S. not to simply bomb Iran's Fordo nuclear facility
- Israel announced on June 17, 2025, that it intends to strike Iran's heavily fortified Fordo underground nuclear facility near Qom.
- The target is central because Iran secretly enriched uranium there beyond limits, violating safeguards and raising proliferation concerns.
- Fordo, buried roughly 80 meters underground and protected by advanced air defenses, has enriched uranium up to 60% purity and hosts military-grade centrifuges.
- IAEA reported Iran amassed 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, enough to produce 233 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium within weeks, per a US think tank.
- This development risks escalating regional conflict as Israel proceeds with strikes, while the US bolsters forces nearby and debates direct involvement.
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Iran's secretive nuclear site and the bomb that could destroy it
If the U.S. decides to support Israel more directly in its attack on Iran, one option would be to provide the “bunker buster” bombs believed necessary to significantly damage the Fordo nuclear fuel enrichment plant built deep into a mountain.
In Fordo, Iran is enriching almost weapons-capable uranium. A 3D flight shows how protected the mine is. What would be needed to destroy it – with or without bombs.
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN If Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility is damaged or destroyed in a US attack, there would likely be limited radiation leakage in the immediate area, but it would not have the same catastrophic consequences as bombing a nuclear reactor, experts told CNN. Kelsey Davenport, director of Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, said that if the bombs were to penetrate Fordow, there would likely be “limited radiati…
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