BATTLE // June 22, 2025
2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
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Significance
On June 22, 2025, U.S. Air Force and Navy forces struck three of Iran's primary nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — under Operation Midnight Hammer during the Twelve-Day War. The operation targeted the core infrastructure of Iran's nuclear program, hitting an enrichment plant, a major nuclear facility, and a nuclear technology center in a single coordinated strike. The strikes represented a direct U.S. military intervention into the conflict, extending the war beyond the initial belligerents and marking a significant escalation. Whether the strikes achieved lasting damage to Iran's nuclear capabilities or altered the war's trajectory was not recorded at the time of this entry.
Tactics
The attack combined two delivery systems: B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped fourteen GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bombs, designed to destroy hardened underground facilities, while Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from a submarine. U.S. F-35 and F-22 fighters entered Iranian airspace alongside the strike package, with the stated purpose of drawing fire from Iran's surface-to-air missile systems; according to President Trump, no SAM launches were detected during the operation.
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