US EditionAnimation Shows How Huge Bunker Buster Bombs that US Dropped on Iran Hit Targets Deep Underground
- On Sunday, U.S. forces launched the Midnight Hammer operation, deploying 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrators to strike three key Iranian nuclear locations, including the underground facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
- The operation sought to hinder Iran's nuclear efforts because the U.S. government believed Tehran was nearing the capability to build a nuclear weapon, and the mission was explicitly not intended to alter the Iranian regime.
- The Fordow facility, located approximately 260 feet underground, was targeted with Massive Ordnance Penetrators to damage the site by striking ventilation shafts guided by computer models of the complex.
- U.S. officials called the operation an overwhelming success with Pete Hegseth stating, "We devastated the Iranian nuclear program," while experts observed six craters formed by 12 penetrator bombs at Fordow.
- The strikes raised fears of further escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict and may complicate diplomatic efforts, with Iranian leaders promising retaliation and expanding legitimate targets for future attacks.
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(Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondent Shin Chang-yong = Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the U.S. bombing caused "very serious damage" to Iran's Fordow underground nuclear facility.
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