US reveals details of ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ • FRANCE 24 English

decoys deception and total obliteration keys to a successful operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities in one go now known as Operation Midnight Hammer but how exactly was the operation carried out the intricate details of the mission were made public at a press conference on Sunday we are unaware of any shots fired at the package on the way out iran’s fighters did not fly and it appears that Iran’s surfaceto-air missile systems did not see us throughout the mission we retained the element of surprise appreciate it a risky plan which was explained with this graphic published by the Department of Defense while the world’s attention was on the B2 bombers which had been moved to Guam it was actually at a US air base in Missouri that the real action was taking place as seven B2 bombers began their 18-hour return trip to Iran only made possible by refueling mid-flight a total of 125 aircraft participated in the operation fighter jets flew ahead of the group to escort the B2 bombers which dropped a total of 14 bunker buster munitions on Fordo and Natans while a Navy submarine fired Tomahawk missiles at Isvahan the operation was the largest B2 strike in US history and the second longest B2 mission ever flown while Pete Hexath called the mission an overwhelming success it is not yet clear what the extent of the damage was on each of the three sites

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Sunday revealed details of the unprecedented operation, which included submarines, B-2 planes, and 14 “bunker buster” bombs dropped on the underground nuclear facility of Fordow.

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  6. US official are just repeating that Iran can't be allowed to have nukes but this kind operational efforts can't forcefully stop a nation from developing nukes in a multipolar world and as report says there are no major harm on any sites. This all exercise is mere muscle flexing by US. The unnecessary muscle flexing between Iran Israel fight by US is because of their inability to take on China and Russia.

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