THE USAF finally launched ferocious assault on Iran many days after beginning of Iran-Israel war.

It was on 22nd of June 2025 that in a joint operation named ‘operation midnight hammer’, by US Air force and Navy attacked three nuclear sites in Iran namely the Fordow Uranium enrichment plant, the Nantanz Nuclear Facility and the Isfahan Nu-clear Technology were targeted with fourteen GBU-57/A/B MOP, 30,000 pound Bunker Buster bombs. This operation involved 25 American aircraft that took off from their base in the USA and remained in the air for about 36 hours before landing back safely in the US, at the same time two dozen cruise missiles were launched at Isfahan site from an American submarine and in total 75 precision guided weapons were used during this operation.

U.S. president Donald Trump said the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities; however, bomb damage assessment of the strikes is still ongoing, and a preliminary U.S. intelligence report suggested damage was more limited. Congressional Republicans largely supported Trump’s action, while most Democrats and some Republicans were concerned about the constitutionality of the move, its effects, and Iran’s response.[1] World reaction was mixed, as some world leaders welcomed the move to incapacitate Iran’s nuclear pro-gram while others expressed concern........

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