Quoting the BBC... Donald Trump says the US has completed strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space," he wrote on Truth Social.
Trump added that a "full payload of bombs" were dropped on Fordo and all planes were on their way back to the US.
This isn't a surprise; as strong as the Israeli Defense Forces are they simply didn't have the capacity to hit the big 3 nuclear weapons sites inside of Iran (especially the underground facility at Fordow, though Israel has struck areas near Natanz and Isfahan in recent days) and the only ones who could were the USAF's B-2 stealth bombers with their 15-ton bunker-busters.
Now the questions becomes several: (1) what follow-up strikes will the U.S. carry out? (2) related to 1, will it involve a second round of B-2 strikes or could we see the Air Force's fast strategic bombers, the sleek-as-hell B-1 Lancers, go in with their strike packages? (3) What will Iran's response be against us - will they move to close off the Strait of Hormuz, convince outside agitators to act agst. the West, etc.?
Right now it is anyone's guess.
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