U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers and Bunker Busters in Massive Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites


U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers and Bunker Busters in Massive Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites
In a dramatic escalation of U.S. military operations, the Pentagon deployed seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and more than 125 aircraft in a daring airstrike—dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer—against Iran's underground nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, according to U.S. officials . The B-2s, flying stealthily from Whiteman Air Force Base, dropped 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs—the U.S.'s largest non-nuclear bunker busters—deeply buried beneath thick rock and concrete at Fordow and Natanz. Additionally, a U.S. submarine launched over 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Natanz and Isfahan. Satellite imagery released by Maxar revealed large craters and collapsed tunnels at Fordow following the “spectacular military success,” as President Trump described it. How the strike unfolded: U.S. forces employed deceptive tactics—the bombers...