US EditionTruth or Fake - What Do Satellite Images Reveal About Damage to Iran's Fordo Nuclear Site?
- U.S. forces launched an early Sunday strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, which is located deep underground, causing substantial damage to the facility that contains uranium-enrichment centrifuges.
- The attack came amid U.S. and Israeli intentions to halt Tehran's nuclear program, while Iran has long insisted its program is peaceful and recently planned a new enrichment plant at Isfahan.
- Satellite imagery revealed six holes on Fordow's mountain ridge from Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs, but experts and officials caution that confirmation of underground destruction and nuclear capability loss remains uncertain.
- David Albright noted that the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs were able to penetrate the facility deeply, leading him to believe the site is likely destroyed, while U.S. President Trump asserted that the locations were entirely demolished.
- Though the strike may set back Iran's program by a few years, experts warn that uranium was moved beforehand, and Iran may hide components, raising concerns about future undisclosed nuclear activity.
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Did the US destroy Fordow or just delay Iran nuclear programme?
Commercial satellite imagery indicates the US attack on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility severely damaged - and possibly destroyed - the deeply-buried site and the uranium-enriching centrifuges it housed, but there was no confirmation, experts said on Sunday. "They just punched through with these MOPs," said David Albright, a former UN nuclear inspector who heads the Institute for Science and International Security, referring to the Massive Ordnan…
The war of words after the damage to the nuclear facilities • This is what the satellite images show
Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan: Satellite images show what the US attacked in Iran
US and Israeli officials assess damage to Iran’s nuclear sites, with satellite imagery showing significant strikes on nuclear facilities at Fordow and Natanz—though it is not clear they were fully destroyed
We asked ChatGPT to analyse a satellite image of Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility. Here’s what it said
US attacks nuclear sites in Iran: Buried under a mountain about 100 km southwest of Tehran and guarded by anti-aircraft batteries, the facility at Fordow and the enrichment plant at Natanz are among Iran’s most critical uranium enrichment centres.
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