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5 min readThe most detailed unclassified evidence yet of the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities comes from satellite imagery, and the before-and-after pictures show what looks like a complete demolition of the Fordow enrichment complex. The Pentagon has described the operation—codenamed Operation Midnight Hammer—as having obliterated Iran’s nuclear capabilities at three sites, but the satellite photos make the scale of the damage concrete in a way that briefings cannot.
The strike and the satellite evidence
The operation began when B-2 bombers left Whiteman Air Force Base just after midnight on June 21. They reached their targets in Iran about 18 to 19 hours later. The three sites hit were Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—facilities that had been in the news for years because of their role in uranium enrichment. The Pentagon says the operational planning for the specific strikes started a few weeks prior, though the military had been running exercises with similar objectives for two years or more.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:35) **Operation Midnight Hammer Declassified** - Defense Secretary Pete reveals new details and satellite imagery of the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
- 2 (02:57) **Fordo Facility: Before and After Satellite Imagery** - Detailed analysis of satellite photos showing the physical destruction of the Fordo enrichment site.
- 3 (05:06) **Precision Bombing and Bomb Impact Analysis** - Discussion of the specific bomb impacts and why multiple holes are visible.
- 4 (07:00) **Retaliation Concerns and U.S. Force Posture** - Analysis of the threat of Iranian retaliation against U.S. assets in the region.
- 5 (11:36) **Iran Threatens Sleeper Cells in the U.S.** - Iran warns of sleeper cells in the United States, and Homeland Security issues a heightened threat warning.
- 6 (12:09) **Intelligence Gathering and the Missing Footage** - Discussion on how the U.S. intelligence community is assessing the strike's success and the surprising lack of video.
- 7 (13:31) **The Problem of Covert Iranian Facilities** - Skepticism is raised about whether all of Iran's nuclear assets were destroyed.
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