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June 22, 2025militarymilitary strikenuclearbunker bustersjoint operationmilitary

US launches Operation Midnight Hammer B-2 stealth bombers strike three Iranian nuclear sites

The US strikes Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. Seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers fly 18 hours from Whiteman AFB, Missouri. Six B-2s drop 12 GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bombs on Fordow (sequentially on two ventilation shafts). One B-2 drops 2 MOPs on Natanz. Tomahawk missiles from submarines strike all three sites. This is the first combat use of the GBU-57 weapon. Approximately 4,000 American personnel participate. A Pentagon assessment later finds Iran's nuclear program is set back approximately 2 years, not "obliterated" as Trump claims.